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John Brennan, President Obama's nominee to be the next CIA director, worked closely with Saudi Arabia to set up a secret U.S. drone base there, The New York Times reported. Brennan's confirmation hearing is Thursday. Kevin Dietsch /UPI /Landov hide caption

Security guards were deployed outside the graffiti-covered walls of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, which came under attack Tuesday. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters/Landov hide caption

This 2010 image, provided by IntelCenter, shows Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi in a posthumous video message posted on extremist websites. The al-Qaida double agent killed seven CIA operatives, a Jordanian spy and himself when he set off a bomb strapped to his body at a base in Afghanistan in December 2009. AP/IntelCenter hide caption

Al-Nashiri, pictured in 2002, is being held at the Naval base in Guantanamo Bay. Reuters/Landov hide caption

Outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh speaks to the press at the presidential palace in Sanaa on Jan. 22. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in a photo provided his office earlier this month. He wears gloves to protect his hands, which were injured during an assassination attempt earlier this year. AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Protesting Yemeni women burn their veils, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen.

Thousands of Yemeni anti-government protesters demonstrated in the city of Ibb on Monday (June 6, 2011). AFP/Getty Images hide caption