Mark Mazzetti

New York Times National Security correspondent

Mark Mazzetti appears in the following:

TRussia Daily: Comey Will Most Likely Testify Before Senate — If the White House Lets Him

Thursday, June 01, 2017

Technically, the White House can invoke executive privilege in order to keep former FBI Director James Comey's conversations with the president private.

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Mark Mazzetti on the CIA's Shadow War

Friday, August 30, 2013

Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Mark Mazzetti gives an account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines around the world. In The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth, Mazzetti tells the story of that shadow war, a campaign that has blurred the lines between soldiers and spies.

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U.S. Extends Closure of Some Embassies & Diplomatic Posts

Monday, August 05, 2013

Over the weekend, a terrorism threat prompted the United States to close dozens of American diplomatic posts in the Middle East, North Africa and elsewhere. In addition to closing emb...

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Mark Mazzetti on the CIA's Secret Army and Shadow War

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter Mark Mazzetti gives an account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines around the world. In The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth, Mazzetti tells the story of that shadow war, a campaign that has blurred the lines between soldiers and spies.

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Al Qaeda's Number Two Reportedly Killed in Drone Strike

Monday, August 29, 2011

American and Pakistani officials are reporting that a CIA drone strike killed Al Qaeda’s number two man, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, on Saturday. If the news is true, this could be yet another blow to the organization's high command, following the death of Osama bin Laden in May. But a senior Pakistani security official in the region told Agence France yesterday that he doubts the reports are true, and others have been unable to confirm whether Rahman has in fact been killed.

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US Steps Up Covert War Effort in Yemen

Thursday, June 09, 2011

As the unrest in Yemen continues, several different parties are vying to fill a potential power vacuum in the country, including the US. Over the past month, Washington has expanded the number of air and drone attacks in Yemen in an attempt to prevent Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants from establishing a foothold in the country. Meanwhile, American and Saudi spies are reportedly ramping up intelligence collection efforts inside Yemen. Both countries have a strategic interest in preventing Yemen from becoming a failed state.

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Bin Laden's Trusted Courier Aided in Killing

Monday, May 02, 2011

Mark Mazzetti, national security correspondent for The New York Times, speaks to us about news that Osama Bin Laden's trusted courier was integral to the operation that led to his killing. 

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The CIA's Covert Operation in Libya

Thursday, March 31, 2011

When the United Nations voted to institute a no-fly zone over Libya, President Obama emphasized that the United States would not deploy ground troops in the conflict. But while there may not be American armed forces on the ground, The New York Times has learned that Central Intelligence Agency officials have been working in Libya for weeks, in an operation unknown to the American public — until now.

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CIA Agent Outed, Possibly by Pakistani Officials

Monday, December 20, 2010

Tensions continue to rise between U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies. The CIA’s top spy was pulled out of the country last week after receiving several death threats. The CIA believes that its Pakistani counterpart, the ISI, may have deliberately blown the cover of the operative: his name was made public in a legal complaint by a family of drone attack victims. 

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National Intelligence Director to Step Down

Friday, May 21, 2010

The White House announced that director of national intelligence, Dennis Blair, would step down from his post effective today. Blair has held the position for just a little more than a year, but his relationship with the White House was rocky almost from the beginning. And tensions between him and the administration escalated after the "Christmas Day bombing," when a Nigerian man nearly detonated a bomb aboard a plane on Christmas Day. 

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US Still Relies on Spies and Contractors in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Monday, May 17, 2010

The New York Times national security correspondent Mark Mazzetti explains that, despite thorny issues of legality, the U.S. is still dependent on a network of spies and independent contractors to accomplish its foreign policy goals in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Times Square Bomber Arrested on Commercial Flight to Dubai

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

In a dramatic scene that could have been pulled from TV’s "24," federal agents arrested 30-year-old Pakistani-born Faisal Shahzad on the tarmac of New York’s Kennedy Airport for an alleged connection with Saturday’s attempted Times Square car bombing.

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Pentagon Official's Spy Drama

Monday, March 15, 2010

A Pentagon official, Michael Furlong, is being investigated for illegally building a network of contractors to work unknowingly as spies, gathering information that was used to track down and kill insurgents in Afghanistan.

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Report: Brother of Afghan President on C.I.A. Payroll

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The New York Times reports today that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, is on the payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency. The news comes as a surpri...

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Debate Grows Over Response to Iran's Nuclear Attempts

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The U.S. and its allies are united in their public concerns about Iran's secret nuclear ambitions. But The New York Times reports that U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies disagree...

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CIA Hired Blackwater for Secret Iraq Program

Thursday, August 20, 2009

A report in the New York Times this morning reveals that the CIA hired contractors from increasingly infamous security firm Blackwater for duties far beyond protecting senior governme...

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Obama's new plan for Afghanistan

Friday, March 27, 2009

President Obama plans to announce an expansive new plan for Afghanistan in a speech at the White House this morning, committing thousands more troops and starting what's being called ...

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Obama picks Panetta to head the CIA

Monday, January 05, 2009

President-elect Obama has named Leon Panetta, a former congressman and Chief of Staff to President Clinton, to run the CIA. It’s a controversial choice because Panetta is not an intel...

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Secret 2004 military order

Monday, November 10, 2008

"The Bush Administration believes they are on pretty firm legal ground to carry out these types of attacks."
— Mark Mazzetti, the New York Times.

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