** FILE ** Gul Rahman is shown in an undated photo provided by Habib Rahman, his brother. The Rahman family still is trying to recover Gul Rahman's remains for burial, months after learning that he was stripped naked, doused in cold water and then left to die in a CIA-run Afghan prison known as the "Salt Pit." (AP Photo/Habib Rahman, Ho, File)
The DGSE in Paris, the French answer to the CIA, is recruiting, getting more funding and opening its cloak as part of President Nicolas Sarkozy's efforts to keep France a step ahead of its 21st-century enemies and threats like terrorism and nuclear proliferation. (Associated Press)
The founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange speaks to members of the media as he leaves a police station in Beccles, England, after complying with his bail conditions, Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. The two Swedish women accusing Julian Assange of sex crimes are supporters of WikiLeaks, not pawns of the CIA, and they simply seek justice for a violation of their "sexual integrity," their lawyer says. Claes Borgstrom, a self-professed feminist who used to be Sweden's ombudsman for gender equality, told The Associated Press he finds it "very upsetting" that Assange, his lawyers and some supporters are suggesting the case is a smear campaign against WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling website Assange founded. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Terrorism suspect Abu Zubaydah was among those who faced a severe CIA investigation technique known as waterboarding. (AP Photo/U.S. Central Command, File)
Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon E. Panetta listens during a meeting between U.S. and Afghan delegations at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Incarcerated former CIA worker Harold J. Nicholson (seen here) pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to act as an agent of Russia. His son, Nathaniel, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy charges in connection with the elder Nicholson's spy activities. (Associated Press)
FILE- This file film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment shows Naomi Watts as Valerie Plame in a scene from "Fair Game." The movie is based on former CIA operative Valerie Plame's infamous 2003 outing. (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Ken Regan, FILE) NO SALES
GOP Rep. Peter Hoekstra expects the next Republican chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to hold hearings on how the threat of prosecutions has affected the CIA's morale. (Associated Press)
CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said that despite glaring security blunders, no intelligence officials will be fired or disciplined for failing to prevent a 2009 suicide bombing in Afghanistan that killed seven CIA employees in one of the deadliest attacks in the agency's history. (Associated Press)
