CIA

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  • Bush vs. the CIA

    As the president plays up the threat Saddam Hussein poses to America, the CIA plays it down.
  • Bush hawks commandeer 9/11 hearings

    Congress tries to ask why U.S. intelligence failed to predict the attacks, but Wolfowitz and Armitage only want to talk about why we must invade Iraq.
  • Congress frustrated by Bush stonewalling

    U.S. security agencies had signals years ago that foreshadowed 9/11. But the White House and key intelligence officials don't want to talk about it.
  • Bio-sleuth or crackpot?

    Scientist Barbara Hatch Rosenberg has pressed to keep the investigation into last year's anthrax attacks alive. But bio-weapons researcher Steven Hatfill is not amused.
  • A conversation with Aukai Collins

    The author of "My Jihad" talks about John Walker Lindh, his days with Daniel Pearl's killer and a 9/11 hijacker, and why the FBI had its head in the sand.
  • The Bush 9/11 spin machine

    What did they lie about, and when did they lie about it?
  • "See No Evil"

    Former CIA field officer Robert Baer, who left the agency in 1997 after more than 20 years, recounts his 1995 mission in northern Iraq.
  • I was a cowboy for the CIA

    A tough-guy field agent blasts wimpy pencil pushers and "politics" for keeping him from lassoing terrorist evildoers. He's right -- but you wouldn't want his kind in charge, either.
  • Why can't Uncle Sam spy?

    The problem is red tape, turf battles and no spies on the ground, say experts.
  • Paranoia for fun and profit

    It must be a conspiracy. Everyone is talking about the computer game Majestic -- even the aliens.
  • Death of a drug lord

    In "Killing Pablo," Mark Bowden details the 16-month game of cat and mouse that finally took down Medellín cartel founder Pablo Escobar -- with the help of the U.S. government.
  • Does the U.S. spy too much?

    In the wake of the spy plane flap with China, experts propose international rules of order that would limit excessive espionage.
  • Wen Ho Lee's reckless defenders

    The outrage at the government's prosecution of a major security breach highlights liberals' contempt for U.S. interests.
  • They think I'm a spy!

    An American in Belgrade finds that real life isn't nearly as interesting as the one her Serbian neighbors imagine for her.
  • A conspirator's story

    It begins with a letter to the New York Times. Before its end, a young Wall Street lawyer is tangled up with a man accusing the CIA of horrific crimes.
  • The hyping of domestic terrorism

    Why a new report on the threat of international terrorist attacks on U.S. soil is a con job.
  • Our Nazi allies

    A German amateur investigator finds information on the U.S. government's friendly dealings with war criminals. Meanwhile, the FBI and CIA guard their records.
  • A "boneheaded" bombing

    A former Army intelligence officer claims he knows what the CIA meant to hit when it hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade.
  • CIA chief testifies in Deutch probe

  • Back-stabbing, CIA-style

    The John Deutch scandal shows that the spooks spend more time trying to ruin each other than they do chasing down security breaches.
  • Seymour Hersh

    The man who broke the story of Vietnam's My Lai massacre is still the hardest-working muckraker in the journalism business.
  • The end of a nightmare

    After her husband was killed in Chile's bloody coup, Joyce Horman thought the only justice would come from telling her story. Now she has reason to hope those responsible will be forced to face the truth.
  • James Bond's browser

    The CIA gets a onetime game designer to head its tech effort. Can top-secret data management compete with air-combat simulators?
  • Let it be me

    Wherein the author travels back in time to encounter "Morris" as he brushes up against "Reagan" -- and the rest is "history."
  • Counting spies

    The soundtrack of surveillance is a little girl's voice, broadcast over shortwave, monotonously reciting numbers.
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