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Politisation of national intelligence: 18 agencies face mass cuts under new acting chief

Politisation of national intelligence: 18 agencies face mass cuts under new acting chief


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Clive Stafford Smith, lawyer for Aafia Siddiqui, who he says is a victim of circumstance following the 9/11 attacks.

Australia has stripped distinguished service medals from “less than 10” commanders over Afghan war crimes allegations.

US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump shook hands at a September 11th memorial event in New York.
The Pentagon chief was caught off guard by last week’s decision by prosecutors to offer deals to the men.
The US defence secretary has revoked plea deals with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged accomplices.
Mohammed and two other defendants likely to enter formal plea next week over attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
Incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh means the prosecution of his four co-defendants would continue without him.
Threat of attacks has receded, but experts believe a regeneration of hardline groups in the region is still possible.
The Democratic president, angling for reelection in 2024, called for unity ‘regardless of our political backgrounds’.

Twenty years on from the start of the Iraq war, we look at how the US and UK media helped sell the war to the public.