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Let's Not Forget Dianne Feinstein's Moral Clarity on Torture
Her valiant stewardship of the CIA torture report is a monument to congressional oversight
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Jeff Stein
7
Anatomy of a Smear
Flawed reports paint erstwhile Iran negotiator Rob Malley and his colleagues as patsies of Tehran
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Jonathan Broder
2
CIA Silent on the Looming Shutdown
Spies will continue work, with or without pay
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Jeff Stein
The Perilous Path of Assassinations
India's Narendra Modi better watch his step. The knives may come for him.
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Jeff Stein
8
Why is Mexico Offering Russia a Safe Haven for Its Spies?
López Obrador has become a useful tool for Vladimir Putin
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Dolia Estévez
6
Chinese Spy Balloon Hysteria Was Baseless, Milley Says
It had no working spy gear, the JCS Chairman Mark Milley says
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Jeff Stein
1
A Royal Shade of Spies
The British monarchy has long dabbled in espionage, a new book recounts
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Henry Allen
1
A CIA Epitaph on 9/11
This week's podcast features former CIA Al Qaeda expert Cindy Storer
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Jeff Stein
5
The Dog Ate My Homework
A collision of events scuttled our 9/11 coverage plans
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Jeff Stein
1
Another JFK Anniversary, Another Conspiracy Theory
Former Secret Service agent’s recovered memory, ballyhooed by major media, is full of holes
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Gus Russo
6
A Red Hot Cold War Thriller
‘The Scarlet Papers,’ is an old-school triumph for author Matthew Richardson
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Gary Thomas
How a Harvard Academic Secretly Blunted a Daring Cold War KGB Op
Derek Leebaert recounts his double life at Harvard spying on Russians for the FBI
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Derek Leebaert
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