Spies

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  • Her life as a spy

    Vera Atkins was a sphinx to those who knew her, but as a superb new biography reveals, the gallant spymistress of World War II was driven by personal secrets and loyalties.
  • Another spying scandal for Capitol Hill

    Hewlett-Packard ex-chairwoman Patricia Dunn got grilled about an unfolding scandal one lawmaker called "a plumbers' operation that would make Richard Nixon blush."
  • Jack Bauer wants you!

    The CIA is infiltrating movie theaters with a snazzy new "24"-style ad campaign. Its mission? To enlist ethnic spies with a taste for "ambiguity."
  • On spying, GOP senators "work together" -- with the White House

    The Senate Judiciary Committee gets in line.
  • For Bush, a week of friendly fire

    On terrorism and Iraq, the president takes shots from within.
  • Warrantless wiretaps and 9/11: A tacit admission from Karl Rove

    If they could have made a difference, why didn't Bush order them after he was warned that bin Laden was determined to strike?
  • Sloppy on spying?

    The Washington Post complains that a federal judge's decision is insufficiently thoughtful. What about the criticism of it?
  • Judge orders halt to warrantless spying program

    Court says Bush's program violated FISA, Fourth Amendment and the separation of powers.
  • What the Times knew, and when it knew it

    Bill Keller admits that the paper decided to hold its story on the warrantless spying program on the "eve" of the 2004 presidential election.
  • No spy probe? It was the Decider's decision

    Justice Department lawyers were denied security clearances needed to study the department's role in approving Bush's warrantless spying program.
  • The "option" of checks and balances

    Arlen Specter strikes a deal with Bush over warrantless spying.
  • "Our enemy" is everywhere

    A Republican congressman suggests that terrorists inside U.S. intelligence agencies may be responsible for leaks to the press.
  • Another secret intel program?

    If Hoekstra isn't complaining about bank monitoring or NSA wiretaps, what else is there?
  • USA Today backs away

    The paper says it can't confirm that BellSouth and Verizon contracted to provide records to NSA database.
  • What the Hamdan decision might mean

    The Supreme Court's ruling on Guantánamo could have ramifications for warrantless wiretaps and torture.
  • Is it a leak if it wasn't a secret in the first place?

    The Boston Globe says that the Bush administration's transaction-monitoring program was in the public domain long before reporters dug in.
  • Treason and the Times

    The White House won't say whether it's seeking criminal prosecution of reporters who broke the bank-monitoring story.
  • The Bush code of secrecy

    How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
  • Amnesty for warrantless spying?

    Arlen Specter always comes around.
  • Senate confirms Hayden as CIA chief

    Despite concerns over spying, Hayden gets 78-15 vote.
  • First Justice, now the FCC: No NSA investigation

    The Federal Communications Commission says it can't investigate possible violations of the federal Communications Act.
  • A question for Michael Hayden

    Did the NSA kill a call-tracking system that was more useful and less intrusive than the one it's using now?
  • Secrets or lies, and maybe both

    Bush authorizes Negroponte to free companies from record-keeping requirements in national security matters.
  • If we tell you, will you shut up?

    Reversing course, the White House says it will brief more members of Congress on its telephone surveillance programs.
  • Understatement of the Day

    A federal official tells ABC News that it used to be hard for the FBI to track reporters' telephone calls -- but that it isn't anymore.
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