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VP Biden to decide: CIA v. DNI
For the majority of folks, the CIA is the be-all and end-all in American intelligence, but as you likely know – there are 16 distinct U.S. intelligence agencies, and a rather long-standing dispute between the CIA and the...
New spy drama: The Spy and the Spar...
Here’s something of note – an espionage thriller that doesn’t have the stamp of Hollywood all over it. The Spy and the Sparrow, part spy movie part intense family drama, premiered recently at the Seattle International Film Festival, which makes sense...
ROTC for spies?
Every year, the U.S. military gets loads of college grads joining its ranks who’ve already been through a fair amount of army training. This is thanks to the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program, which pays college tuition for...
CIA recruits Wall Street execs
Britain’s not the only country looking to recruit intelligence officers in unusual places. But while the Brits have turned to their nation’s teaching force, in the United States it’s not teachers we can spare, but rather? You got it, all those...
U.S. diplomat killed in 2003 was re...
In 2003, Gregg Wenzel (33) died in Ethiopia in what was then reported to be a random traffic accident on the streets of Addis Ababa, caused by a drunken driver. Wenzel was supposedly a U.S. diplomat...
7 Italians plead innocent in CIA ki...
The trial against those allegedly involved in the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric working in Milan continues to unfold in Italy. The defendants comprise seven Italians and 26 Americans, the latter who are...
Interning with the CIA
Ever wonder how people actually get jobs as spies? Well, like any other occupation these days, having some relevant experience on your resume gives you an edge. But intelligence agencies don’t expect things like:
“Summer 2008 – Practiced spying on neighbor to gather intelligence pertaining to rumor of affair.”
In fact, they offer the decidedly normal …
Russia Accuses U.S. Base of Spying
This Friday, April 3, the United States was accused by the Russian state television channel Rossiya of using its only air base in Central Asia as a cover for a big espionage operation whose focus is China and Russia. The accusation came with the teaser of a documentary about U.S. intelligence ops at Manas base in …
Ex-CIA Contractor Passaro Appeals 8...
Lately, with Obama’s decisions to close down Guantanamo and give enemy combatant Ali Al-Marri a criminal trial, there’s been a lot of talk about human rights and the mistreatment of detainees. In this climate, it will be especially interesting to see what happens in the current case of David Passaro’s appeal.
Passaro, a former CIA contractor …
New Dan Gordon Thriller Just Releas...
The namesake of this spy club is up to his eyes in new espionage adventures, and you can read all about them in the just-released third installment of the Dan Gordon Intelligence Thriller series – The Chameleon Conspiracy.
Gordon’s still working for the U.S. Department of Justice, but he’s on loan to the CIA to …
CIA Spy Angelina Jolie Spotted in N...
Nothing quite like spotting sexy Angelina Jolie pretending to be an undercover agent on the streets of Manhattan. Last week, the actress was seen dangling, barefoot and a little bloody, from the side of an apartment building in Washington Heights, New York.
Of course, she was in the middle of filming for the new spy flick …
Leaked Report: U.S. intelligence fa...
A confidential, novel-length report compiled by the RAND national defense research institute for U.S. Joint Forces Command has been leaked to the public, exposing failed U.S. intelligence as a major hindrance to the counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan.
The report – based on dozens of interviews with British, Canadian, Dutch, and U.S. army, intelligence and diplomatic officials …
Threats to U.S. National Security: ...
People have expressed concern that the Obama Administration won’t pursue Islamic militants – the likes of whom were responsible for the 9/11 attacks – with quite the same level of aggression employed by the Bush Administration.
But given recent events and endorsements, it doesn’t seem that Obama is giving up on Bush’s War on Terror, per …
CIA Wanted Gloria Estefan
Turns out your favorite Cuban-American singer could have been not very famous at all…if she had accepted an offer to join the CIA back when she was working as an interpreter for U.S. Customs at Miami’s international airport.
She recently shared the story of her alternate career path in the shadowy world of international espionage and …
NSA Joins Facebook for Spies
Baltimore Sun’s David Wood reports that the National Security Agency (NSA) has finally, several months after launch, decided to join a whopping 16 other US intelligence agencies in signing up for A-Space, the secure Facebook for intelligence analysts. You guessed it (or even if you didn’t), the ‘A’ stands for ‘analyst.’
You know that social …