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(BILAL HUSSEIN/The Associated Press) Hezbollah fighters parade during a rally to mark the Hezbollah martyr day, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Current and former U.S. officials say the CIA’s operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of U.S. spies recently.

American spies outed, CIA suffers in Lebanon

Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 7:42am

WASHINGTON — The CIA’s operations in Lebanon have been badly damaged after Hezbollah identified and captured a number of U.S. spies recently, current and former U.S. officials told The Associated Press. The intelligence debacle is particularly troubling because the CIA saw it coming.

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(BEBETO MATTHEWS/The Associated Press) In this Oct. 6, 2011, file photo, NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly listens during his testimony about NYPD intelligence operations to the New York City Council public safety committee in New York. Three months ago, one of the CIA’s most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. Since The Associated Press revealed the assignment in August, federal and city officials have offered differing explanations for why this CIA officer, a seasoned operative who handled foreign agents and ran complex operations in Jordan and Pakistan, was assigned to a municipal police department. Kelly said the CIA operative provides his officers “with information, usually coming from perhaps overseas.” He said the CIA operative provides “technical information” to the NYPD but “doesn’t have access to any of our investigative files.”

What’s the CIA doing at NYPD? Depends whom you ask

Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 6:43am

WASHINGTON — Three months ago, one of the CIA’s most experienced clandestine operatives started work inside the New York Police Department. His title is special assistant to the deputy commissioner of intelligence. On that much, everyone agrees.

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Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. When Iran’s president accused the U.S. at the United Nations General Assembly in 2010 of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, American diplomats were not caught flat-footed by the tirade. Even before Ahmadinejad finished his incendiary rant, U.S. diplomats marched out in protest and were ready with a written statement condemning his comments. The walkout hinted at one of the well-known but seldom spoken truths about the United Nations: The international organization, which was founded in the name of peace and security, is also a hotbed of spying and clandestine operations.

Spy games come to New York for UN General Assembly

Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 7:19am

NEW YORK — When Iran’s president accused the U.S. at the United Nations General Assembly last year of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks, American diplomats were not caught flat-footed by the tirade.

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US attack in Yemen kills American-born al-Quaida cleric

Kimberly Dozier, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, September 30, 2011 - 7:37am

WASHINGTON -- An American-born cleric killed in Yemen played a "significant operational role" in plotting and inspiring attacks on the United States, U.S. officials said Friday, as they disclosed detailed intelligence to justify the killing of a U.S. citizen.

Anwar al-Awlaki was killed early Friday in a strike on his convoy carried out by a joint operation of the CIA and the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command, according to counterterrorism officials. Al-Awlaki had been under observations for three weeks while they waited for the right opportunity to strike.

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A pedestrian passes under the watchful eyes of surveillance cameras in Times Square in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2011. Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the New York Police Department has become one of the country's most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, one that operates far outside its borders and targets ethnic communities in ways that would be prohibited for the federal government. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

With CIA help, NYPD moves covertly in Muslim areas

Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 6:09am

NEW YORK — In New Brunswick, N.J., a building superintendent opened the door to apartment No. 1076 one balmy Tuesday and discovered an alarming scene: terrorist literature strewn about the table and computer and surveillance equipment set up in the next room.

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(MATT ROURKE/The Associated Press) An investigator handles a box in a United Parcel Service jet isolated on a runway at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday.

Terror plot thwarted as U.S.-bound explosives seized

Eileen Sullivan, Matt Apuzzo, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, October 29, 2010 - 10:18pm

WASHINGTON -- Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign.

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Judge weighs misconduct finding in Blackwater case

Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 4, 2010 - 2:34pm

WASHINGTON -- Prosecutors who mishandled the investigation into a deadly 2007 Blackwater Worldwide shooting face a possible misconduct citation from a judge who says they withheld evidence and violated the guards' constitutional rights.

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FACT CHECK: Stimulus money to 'phantom' districts?

Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 18, 2009 - 4:59pm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Did the Obama administration really pump billions of dollars into "phantom" congressional districts?

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Job data to show stimulus aided teachers, laborers

Matt Apuzzo The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 12, 2009 - 12:53pm

WASHINGTON -- Public school teachers are expected to be the big winners when states around the U.S. reveal for the first time how many jobs were created or saved during the first months of President Barack Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan.

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