Analysis: Editor cautions against lionizing Deep Throat
Greg Mitchell, the author and editor of Editor & Publisher, has authored a column cautioning against the uncritical lionization of former FBI official W. Mark Felt, who died yesterday at the age of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Landrieu-Gate is Scary, but it’s No Watergate
The arrests by US Marshals of four self-described conservative activists, who were caught trying to tamper with the telephone lines of Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu’ New Orleans office, have caused...
View ArticleNews you may have missed #471 (ex-spy edition)
Interview with ex-CIA analyst David Kanin. New book by ex-CIA agent Everett. Ex-MI5 officer questions UK spying priorities.
View ArticleComment: Was the Killing of Osama bin Laden Legal?
The reaction of Americans to news of the assassination of Osama bin Laden has been overwhelmingly jubilant. Many will say that the killing of al-Qaeda’s founder was justified. But was it legal?...
View ArticleNixon White House may have bugged Pentagon leadership
Nearly 40 years after the Watergate scandal erupted, new information suggests that the Richard Nixon White House may have bugged the Pentagon telephones of senior American military officials.
View ArticleCIA agent was among Watergate burglars, documents reveal
One of the men caught burglarizing the offices of the United States Democratic Party in 1972, a ploy that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, was an agent of the Central Intelligence...
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