Mike Pompeo

(MPN) Early Friday morning, Wikileaks released its fifth batch of Vault 7 documents exposing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking techniques.

CIA Director Mike Pompeo speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Pompeo denounced WikiLeaks, calling the anti-secrecy group a “hostile intelligence agency.” (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Vested interests deflect from the facts that WikiLeaks publishes by demonizing its brave staff and me.
— Julian Assange, The Washington Post, April 11, 2017.

President Trump meeting with his advisers at his estate in Mar-a-Lago on April 6, 2017 By Robert Parry | Consortium News | April 8, 2017 There is a dark mystery behind the White House-released photo showing President Trump and more than a dozen advisers meeting at his estate in Mar-a-Lago after his decision to strike […]

Exclusive: As President Trump was launching his missile strike against Syria, CIA Director Pompeo and other intelligence officials weren’t at the table, suggesting their doubts about Bashar al-Assad’s guilt, reports Robert Parry. By Robert Parry There is a dark mystery…Read more →

(ANTIMEDIA) Washington — As neoconservatives celebrate Donald Trump’s selection of General H.R. McMaster to replace Michael Flynn as national security advisor, the Department of Justice on Wednesday sought to block the deposition of the president’s choice for deputy director of the CIA

CIA Chief Mike Pompeo met secretly with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (RPEORT) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met secretly with the CIA chief in the West Bank, Palestinian officials said Wednesday, as they expressed concern over the Trump administration’s suggestion that a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel is optional.

Saudi Crown Prince Muhammed bin Nayef receives the “George Tenet” medal from CIA Director Mike Pompeo. (Photo: Saudi Press Agency)
(REPORT) — The heir to Saudi Arabia’s throne has been awarded a medal by the new director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, who honored his contributions to “counter-terrorism” work.

Iran plans, awkward awards and pernicious plantations + this day in history w/bombing civilians and our song of the day by Depeche Mode on your Morning Monarchy for February 13, 2017.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters on Air Force One en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, from Philadelphia. (AP /Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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