Report: CIA had secret plan to get al-Qaida operatives dead or alive

September 2nd, 2009 Chilean judge calculates Pinochet's secret fortuneSANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean judge says he has determined the exact value of the secret overseas fortune amassed by late dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

August 20th, 2009 Correction: CIA-Secret ProgramWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 19 story about a secret CIA program to kill al-Qaida suspects, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Anne Tyrrell is the spokeswoman for Xe Services, a private security company.

August 20th, 2009 Report: CIA hired contractors to help hit al-QaidaWASHINGTON — The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, The New York Times reported. The newspaper, citing unidentified current and former government officials, said the CIA spent several million dollars on the program, with Blackwater executives helping with planning, training and surveillance.

August 20th, 2009 AP source: CIA hired contractor to kill al-QaidaWASHINGTON — The CIA hired private contractors from Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, but a spokesman says it never resulted in the capture or killing of any terrorist suspects. Former Rep. Porter Goss was CIA director at the time, and the contract ended during his time in office, according to a former senior intelligence official and another person familiar with the program.

August 20th, 2009 AP source: CIA used outsiders to help hit al-QaidaWASHINGTON — The CIA hired private contractors at Blackwater USA in 2004 as part of a secret program to kill top-level members of al-Qaida, a person familiar with the program said Wednesday. The contracts were canceled several years ago, the person told The Associated Press.

August 1st, 2009 Lawmaker: UK may have recruited al-Qaida backersLONDON — A legislator has called for an investigation into whether British secret services may have mistakenly recruited people sympathetic to al-Qaida, a newspaper reported Saturday. Patrick Mercer, a Conservative member of Parliament, says six suspect people were recruited in a rush to beef up intelligence following the suicide bomb attacks in 2005, which killed 52 people in London.

July 14th, 2009 House intel lays groundwork for CIA investigationWASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee has asked the CIA to provide the committee with documents about the now-canceled program to target al-Qaida leaders with hit teams. CIA Director Leon Panetta told Congress June 24 that he had canceled the program after learning about the effort to kill al-Qaida leaders.

July 13th, 2009 Officials: CIA program targeted al-Qaida leadersWASHINGTON — A secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and then capture or kill al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes that risked civilian casualties, government officials with knowledge of the operation said Monday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the program, said the spy agency's program never got off the ground.

June 13th, 2009 Pakistan planning offensive against terror havensWASHINGTON — U.S. defense officials said Friday that Pakistan is planning a new assault into South Waziristan aimed at key al-Qaida strongholds, a move tied to the Obama administration's broader strategy for the Afghanistan war.

May 14th, 2009 Treasury targets al-Qaida in Iraq operativeWASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved Thursday to clamp down financially on the Syria-based leader of al-Qaida in Iraq. The Treasury Department's action against Abu Khalaf means that any bank accounts or other financial assets found in the United States that belong to him must be frozen.

May 10th, 2009 Obama aide: Seems no one knows bin Laden's statusWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's national security adviser says he isn't sure if Osama bin Laden is dead or alive. Retired Marine Gen.

April 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - There are no reports that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is alive or dead but the US is making all efforts to trace him, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said. The official made the remark while replying to reporters regarding a statement by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari who said citing intelligence that bin Laden might be dead but had no evidence.

April 27th, 2009 Pakistani leader: Bin Laden 'may be dead' _ or notISLAMABAD — Pakistan's president said Monday his intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof. Other Pakistani officials and a U.S.

April 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani intelligence believes Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, President Asif Ali Zardari said Monday, but also admitted that he did not have any evidence of this. 'The Americans tell me they don't know, and they are much more equipped than us to trace him.

April 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - CIA Director Leon Panetta has said that the US spy agency no longer uses secret prisons to detain terrorism suspects and is working on a plan to close the existing facilities. Panetta made the remarks in a letter Thursday to the employees of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).