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The True Story of Area 51's UFOs

Keith Thomson | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Secrecy, Area 51, Unlv, Cia, Ufos, Airplanes, Spying, Extraterrestrials, Cold War, Spies, Air Force, Top-Secret, Flying-Saucers, Technology News
Keith Thomson

Area 51 is heard in the same breath as Roswell, Amityville and Loch Ness. But now, with the CIA's declassification of aircraft testing there, we can finally know the truth.

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U.S. Spy Strategy Released; Intel Chief Dennis Blair Comments On 9/11

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spy Efforts,  , Intelligence, Cia, Terrorism, Spy, 9/11, Obama, Spy Agencies, Counter Intelligence, Nsa, Counterterrorism, Dennis Blair, Military, San Francisco, Spies, Fbi, National Intelligence Strategy, Nis, Politics News

WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would not have happened had U.S. intelligence agencies been organized then the way they are now, the top U...

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HUAC: Americanism

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, Soviet, Bozo of the Day, Spies, Anniversary, Bozo Sapiens, Constitution, Scandal, Incompetence, Politics News
Michael Kaplan

Cynically magnifying trivialities; bluster and innuendo; guilt by association; shameless grandstanding ... wouldn't it be nice if these were considered un-American activities?

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Middle East Spies: Top 5 List

Foreign Policy | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Omar Suleiman, Middle East Spy, Prince Muqrin Bin Abdul-Aziz, Foreign Affairs, Spy Satellite, Iran, Spying, General Qassem Suleimani, Spy, Middle East, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spies, Israel, Middle East Spies, Syria, Assef Shawkat, Meir Dagan, Advocacy, World News

In a region known for cutthroat espionage, these five intelligence chiefs have leveraged their skills and connections to gain influence far above thei...

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Was Izzy an Agent?

D. D. Guttenplan | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Kgb, Communism, I.F. Stone, Ron Radosh, Spies, National Security Agency, Cold War, Media News
D. D. Guttenplan

I've always had a soft spot for Ron Radosh. This may seem surprising, particularly since Radosh just penned an attack on me, my I.F. Stone biography, ...

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U.S. Department of Defense to Use Hummingbirds as Spies

Levi Novey | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: US Military, Aircraft, Military, Department of Defense, Hummingbird, Spies, Birds, Spying, Technology, Robots, Robot, Green News
Levi Novey

Robotic hummingbirds will be able to discretely enter areas where people would not be able to go without being detected and will look so realistic that people could easily be fooled.

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John Sawers' Cover Blown By Wife On Facebook

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 08.05.2009 | World

Read More: Spies, mi6, John Sawers, Facebook, John Sawers MI6, Great Britain, World News

LONDON — He's the spy who came in from the beach. Holiday snapshots and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's MI6 intelligen...

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Review: Spies: the Rise and Fall of the KGB in America and "Three Tales of I.F Stone and the KGB: Kalugin, Venona and the Notebooks"

Myra MacPherson | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Max Holland, Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America, I.F. Stone, Alexander Vasiliev, Spies, Three Tales of if Stone and the KGB, Harvey Klehr, John Earl Haynes, I. F. Stone, World News
Myra MacPherson

Sometimes one cannot glean the truth by a book's title. This is the case with Spies, regarding the thin documentation of journalist I.F. Stone as a stellar spy in the 1930s.

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Top 10 Real-Life Spy Gadgets

Times Online | Times Online | Posted 06.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Kgb, Gadgets, Poison Tip Umbrella, Spy Tools, Cia, Spies, Spy Gadgets, Home News

1. Poison-tipped umbrella Probably the most infamous real-life spy gadget is the umbrella used by the Bulgarian secret services -- with KGB help --...

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US Electricity Grid Penetrated By Spies From Russia, China, Other Countries

Wall Street Journal | SIOBHAN GORMAN | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Us Electricity Grid, Spies, Us Electricity Grid Spies, China, World News

Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current a...

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Egypt Arrests 7 Arab Israelis For Spying For Hamas, Hezbollah

Haaretz | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Arab Israelis, Hezbollah Spy, Arab Israeli Spies, Egypt, Hamas Spy, Foreign Affairs, Spies, Hezbollah, Spying, Hamas, Israel, Advocacy, World News

A prominent Islamist lawyer has told the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera that security forces have detained about 50 Egyptians, Palestinians and Lebane...

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CIA-Approved Psychiatrist Treats Cloak and Dagger Set's Woes

Jeff Stein | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Therapy, crime_noir, Cia, Psychoanalyze, Spytalk, Ptsd, A.D.D., cqpolitics.com, David_L._Charney, case_officer, film_noir, Moles, Psychiatrist, Mole, Spies, Espionage, Fbi, old_town_alexandria, intelligence_directorate, adult_attention_deficit_disorder, national_clandestine_service, robert_hanssen, Obsessive-compulsive_disorder, aldrich_ames, post_traumatic_stress_disorder, directorate_of_operations, Larry Summers, Politics News
Jeff Stein

For almost 20 years, Dr. David L. Charney, 66, has seen a parade of CIA personnel come to his Alexandria, Va., office, looking for help with their emotional problems.

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Former CIA Officer Describes Retribution for Whistle Blowing

Jeff Stein | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Catch-22, Whistle-Blowers, Cia, Spies, Spying, Iraq War, baghdad_station, publications_review_board, darkess_at_noon, paul_gimigliano, Espionage, ilana_greenstein, arthur_koestler, World News
Jeff Stein

Ilana Sara Greenstein, a highly praised CIA operations officer for six years until quitting in disgust in 2008, says she was punished for complaining about gross mismanagement.

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"Pretty Blonde Spies" May Be A Threat, Warns European Union

BBC NEWS | Posted 03.15.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, European Commission, Spies, Intelligence Services, European Union, Espionage, Valerie Rampi, World News

The European Commission says it is being targeted increasingly by spies, who may include a "pretty trainee with long legs and blonde hair". The warni...

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Militants in Pakistan kill 2 alleged US spies

AP | MUNIR AHMAD | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Spies, Spies, Spies Killed, Warwire, Pakistan Spies, Politics News

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Militants killed two people they claimed were spies for the United States and dumped their bodies with a warning in a Paki...

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"Unbearable Lightness" Author Kundera Informed On Western Spy, Document Shows

AP | ONDREJ HEJMA | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Milan Kundera, Czech Republic, Ussr, Spies, Authors, Literature, Foreign Affairs, Media News

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A document written by the Czech Communist police claims that Milan Kundera _ author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Bei...

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Blackwater Expands Into Spies For Hire

Washington Post | Dana Hedgpeth | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Private Contractors, Erik Prince, Cia, Cofer Black, Intelligence, Blackwater, Private Security Firms, Espionage, Iraq War, Iraq, Blackwater USA, Private Security, Spies, Politics News

First it became a brand name in security for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now it's taking on intelligence. The Prince Group, the holding company...

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