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SLIDESHOW: CIA Spy Tools You've Never Seen Before

Reuters | Patricia Reaney | Posted 05.21.2012

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By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and vi...

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The Life And Death Of The First Slain Female CIA Agent

The Washington Post | Edward Cody May 6, 2012 | Posted 05.06.2012

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The CIA director revealed only a few details about the 21-year-old woman, a secretary among spies. In the agency’s annual memorial service for emplo...

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Andrea Stone

Tea Party-Backed Rep: Obama Will 'Trade Away' Secrets In Second Term

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A freshman Republican congressman currently campaigning for his second term recently suggested that President Barack Obama will reveal s...

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Are U.S. Colleges Infected By Foreign Spies?

Posted 04.10.2012

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Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon contacted the Central Intelligence Agency in late 2009 with an urgent question. The school’...

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Metra Hires Spies To Keep Tabs On Conductors, Ensure Fares Collected

Posted 11.02.2011

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Facing the prospect of either fare hikes, service cuts or a combination of both, Metra has opted to employ a somewhat unusual strategy to improve its ...

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Portrait of a Spy Is a Topical Spy Tale

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 10.01.2011

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Jackie K. Cooper

Gabriel Allon has been the subject of many novels by Daniel Silva and yet this character is never boring.

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Iran Arrests 30 People It Says Spied For U.S.

Posted 07.21.2011

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TEHRAN - Iran has arrested 30 people it said were spying for the United States, official media reported on Saturday. "The Intelligence Ministry...

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Pakistan Media Out Alleged Name Of CIA Station Chief

AP | MUNIR AHMED | Posted 07.08.2011

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ISLAMABAD (Associated Press) -- Pakistani media have reported what they say is the name of the CIA station chief in Islamabad - the second such potent...

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Best Author Excuse For Turning A Manuscript In Late

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.28.2011

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Keith Thomson

After 2008's Ghost, the bestselling memoir of his early career as a State Department counterterrorism agent, Fred Burton turned his attention to an unsolved murder.

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The Challenges of Following Up a Bestselling Novel

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Thomson

When the publisher advanced the idea of a sequel, I felt like a kid being told I could stay up and play longer. I already knew and enjoyed hanging out with the heroes.

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UK Parliament Aide Accused Of SPYING For Russia

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A member of the House of Commons Defense Committee said Sunday that his Russian assistant is facing deportation as a suspected spy. Mi...

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Iran: More Than 10 Arrested Linked To Mossad

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.25.2011

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's intelligence chief said Tuesday that more than 10 people arrested in connection with last year's killing of a nuclear phys...

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Notorious Spy Cases Around The World (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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From new reports of a detained American found with "technology" hidden in her teeth in Iran to the ongoing fervor over deported Russian "bombshell" An...

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Does the Mossad have Spy Vultures?

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Thomson

Early this week, a vulture flew across the Israeli border into Saudi Arabia, where it was captured on suspicion of espionage.

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Price for Jonathan Pollard's Release Should Be a Done Deal on Palestine

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

If Netanyahu were to commit to delivering definitively on an internationally-accepted two-state arrangement between Israel and Palestine, then I would support releasing Pollard to the Israelis.

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US Embassy Spying In Norway?

The Telegraph | Published: 1:22PM GMT 04 Nov 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011

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According to the TV2 News channel, the US embassy had employed between 15 and 20 people, including former high-ranking Norwegian police officers, to m...

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The End of Diplomacy As We Know It

Carne Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carne Ross

There is only one enduring solution to the WikiLeaks problem and it is perhaps the goal of WikiLeaks, though this is sometimes hard to discern. Governments must close the divide between what they say, and what they do.

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Gabe Habash

'A True-Life Companion To Inglourious Basterds'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chosen by the OSS to infiltrate the Third Reich, the Five were naturalized Americans who returned to help hasten the end to the horrible struggles goi...

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CIA Sues Former Spy Over Book

ABC | MATTHEW COLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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A CIA lawsuit threatens to turn a little-known two-year-old tell-all by a disgruntled former spy into a bestseller. Within hours of the lawsuit's fili...

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My Talk With Tom Atlee: Primer on Citizen Intelligence

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert David Steele

Deliberative dialog, in my personal view, excels when it first establishes the "best truth" and moves from there to generate new possibilities. Truth lays the foundation for reconciliation and wise public policy.

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MI6 Agents Shockingly Similar To 007

Bloomberg | George Walden | Posted 05.25.2011

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The reputation of intelligence men for high living, burnished by Ian Fleming's James Bond, was often deserved. One of Cumming's earliest agents demand...

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Counterterrorism Memoir Blocked by Pentagon Available on EBay

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keith Thomson

In an effort to contain classified information brought to light by the book, the Department of Defense sought to purchase the entire print run and destroy it. This plan may have backfired.

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Filling the Burn Notice Void: What to Read Now That Season 4 Is on Hiatus

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lev Raphael

Burn Notice has ended its fourth hit season, so you might need a Michael Weston or Fiona fix. Why not try the three books inspired by the show?

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Spy Novelist John le Carré: Writing A Book Is 'Like Having A Baby'

Telegraph | Olga Craig | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cornwell, now 79, allows himself a modest smile. He is, actually, an extremely modest man. With his latest book, his 22nd, Our Kind of Traitor, about ...

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Mosab Hassan Yousef, Hamas Spy, Finds Home In California, Seeks Asylum

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN DIEGO — Mosab Hassan Yousef says he will be killed if he is deported from the United States to the West Bank. The oldest son of one of Hamas...

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