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Biden's Cabinet deliberations: Here's where things stand CNN 12/24/2020 By Jeff Zeleny, Senior Washington Correspondent © Carolyn Kaster/AP President-elect Joe Biden, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, seated left, introduces his nominee for Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on Dec. 23, 2020. President-elect Joe Biden enters the Christmas holiday with the vast majority of his Cabinet nominees announced, yet final deliberations continue for two of the most high-profile positions in his administration: attorney gener...

Pentagon plans to cut support to CIA's counterterrorism missions Frances Mulraney For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo The Pentagon is planning to cut most of its military support to the Central Intelligence Agency's counterterrorism operations by January 5, according to reports. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller revealed the surprising decision in a letter to CIA Director Gina Haspel, ABC News reports.  The Pentagon decided to withdraw the support as it reviews whether the military personnel assigned to CIA counterterrorism operations durin...

1,177 shares Darrell Blocker poses at his home in Santa Monica, California, in 2019. (Jayne Amelia Larson/Courtesy of Darrell Blocker via JTA) JTA — In his 28 years at the CIA, Darrell Blocker figured out a reliable strategy for recruiting covert agents. “A person like myself is always looking for that anomaly, that person who doesn’t feel like they’re being listened to, that person who doesn’t feel like they fit,” Blocker said in a talk early this year at the International Spy Museum. “That’s who I’m looking for as a potential spy.” In some ways, he could have been ...