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OSS Agents in Repose, After the Guns Fell Silent
A French collector has amassed a treasure trove of snap shots the agents took of themselves and local comrades in the summer of 1945
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Henry Kissinger: Killer Case Officer
The infamous diplomat had the soul of an intelligence boss from SMERSH
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Memorial Day Sale
Half Off for Miltary & Intelligence Veterans
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Putin Shooting to be Russia's Greatest Czar, Former Top Powell Aide Says
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How the KGB Hooked Trump
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Exclusive: FBI Agents Accuse CIA of 9/11 Coverup
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High-level Chinese Defection Rumored
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Mossad’s New Boss is a Gadget-Loving Killing Machine
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A New History of the Church Committee
Yawns greeted the panel's formation, writes James Risen in his scintillating new book, because the country was "exhausted by Watergate." But its fiery…
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Nearly 600 Americans Missing in Mexico
Police corruption, bureaucracy complicate hunt for missing Americans as cartels fume over bad publicity from kidnappings
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Jonathan Broder
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"Ghosts of Beirut," a Reflective Counterterrorism Masterpiece
The four-part Showtime thriller traces the CIA's decades-long pursuit and assassination of terrorist Imad Mughniyah, "the father of smoke."
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Biden Maintains Veil Over Israeli Nuclear Bomb Program
Declassification of CIA super spy Angleton’s top secret 1975 testimony still keeps lid on Israel’s atomic weapons effort
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Jefferson Morley
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A Real Iran Crisis Story Behind 'The Diplomat'
In 2007 a US Navy admiral plotted to create a military clash with Iran
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Jack Teixeira and Me
I had to get a top secret security clearance, too, years ago. It was far more rigorous than the leaker airman's process.
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A Life Lost in the Maw of Counterterrorism
New book explores the hapless life and useless death of FBI informant Billy Reilly
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Henry Allen
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