In one of President Barack Obama first acts in the White House, he ordered the closure of the CIA's so-called "black-site" prisons, where terror suspects had been ...

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New details have emerged about a CIA prison in Poland that was allegedly at the center of the United States’ controversial policy of extraordinary rendition in the years after the September 11 attacks ...

Thailand's prime minister says his government had no knowledge of a secret location inside the country where the CIA is said to have waterboarded top al-Qaida operatives in 2002. Prime Minister Prayut ...

WASHINGTON — Gina Haspel’s long spy career is so shrouded in mystery that senators want documents declassified so they can decide if her role at a CIA black site should prevent her from directing the ...

The CIA is infamous for keeping secrets, but what if some of those secrets are darker than you ever imagined? In today’s video, we’re uncovering the hidden world of CIA black sites: off-the-record ...