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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.
By Laura Miller
January 4, 2007
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Hewlett-Packard ex-chairwoman Patricia Dunn got grilled about an unfolding scandal one lawmaker called "a plumbers' operation that would make Richard Nixon blush."
By Walter Shapiro
September 29, 2006
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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."
By Stewart Lee Allen
September 19, 2006
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The Senate Judiciary Committee gets in line.
By Tim Grieve
September 13, 2006
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On terrorism and Iraq, the president takes shots from within.
By Tim Grieve
September 8, 2006
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If they could have made a difference, why didn't Bush order them after he was warned that bin Laden was determined to strike?
By Tim Grieve
August 25, 2006
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The Washington Post complains that a federal judge's decision is insufficiently thoughtful. What about the criticism of it?
By Tim Grieve
August 18, 2006
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Court says Bush's program violated FISA, Fourth Amendment and the separation of powers.
By Tim Grieve
August 17, 2006
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Bill Keller admits that the paper decided to hold its story on the warrantless spying program on the "eve" of the 2004 presidential election.
By Tim Grieve
August 14, 2006
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Justice Department lawyers were denied security clearances needed to study the department's role in approving Bush's warrantless spying program.
By Tim Grieve
July 18, 2006
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Arlen Specter strikes a deal with Bush over warrantless spying.
By Tim Grieve
July 14, 2006
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A Republican congressman suggests that terrorists inside U.S. intelligence agencies may be responsible for leaks to the press.
By Tim Grieve
July 12, 2006
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If Hoekstra isn't complaining about bank monitoring or NSA wiretaps, what else is there?
By Tim Grieve
July 10, 2006
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The paper says it can't confirm that BellSouth and Verizon contracted to provide records to NSA database.
By Tim Grieve
June 30, 2006
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The Supreme Court's ruling on Guantánamo could have ramifications for warrantless wiretaps and torture.
By Tim Grieve
June 29, 2006
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The Boston Globe says that the Bush administration's transaction-monitoring program was in the public domain long before reporters dug in.
By Tim Grieve
June 28, 2006
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The White House won't say whether it's seeking criminal prosecution of reporters who broke the bank-monitoring story.
By Tim Grieve
June 26, 2006
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How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
By Mark Follman
June 23, 2006
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Arlen Specter always comes around.
By Tim Grieve
June 9, 2006
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Despite concerns over spying, Hayden gets 78-15 vote.
By Tim Grieve
May 26, 2006
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The Federal Communications Commission says it can't investigate possible violations of the federal Communications Act.
By Tim Grieve
May 23, 2006
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Did the NSA kill a call-tracking system that was more useful and less intrusive than the one it's using now?
By Tim Grieve
May 18, 2006
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Bush authorizes Negroponte to free companies from record-keeping requirements in national security matters.
By Tim Grieve
May 17, 2006
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Reversing course, the White House says it will brief more members of Congress on its telephone surveillance programs.
By Tim Grieve
May 17, 2006
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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.
By Tim Grieve
May 16, 2006