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Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2002
Ted Gup |
Clueless in Langley For two decades, the CIA has been making excuses for why it has failed to tackle terrorism. Can a spy agency rooted in the Cold War adapt to a changed world?   |
CIO
August 4, 2008
Thomas Wailgum |
Inside the CIA's Extreme Technology Makeover, Part 1 Al Tarasiuk, the CIA's CIO, is on a mission to modernize the agency's IT practices and connections to the intelligence community. It's just like any other IT-business alignment project, except that he has to get disparate departments to share data while supporting the White House's war on terror. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
The Smart Way To Fix Intelligence From Pearl Harbor to the terrorist attacks of September 11, the lesson keeps being repeated: A dollar spent on identifying the threat and preventing the attack can be worth far more than the millions spent safeguarding targets or the billions spent cleaning up the aftermath. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
Top 10: Spy Agencies Many countries place great importance on the function of their intelligence/spy agencies. Intelligence failures can lead to terrible consequences, while successes can help countries avert unnecessary tragedies. Read on about the top 10 presently active spy agencies operating in the world today. |
Salon.com
January 15, 2002
Laura Miller |
I was a cowboy for the CIA In a new memoir, tough-guy ex-field agent Robert Baer 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... |
Fast Company
Alice Truong |
CIA Joins Twitter: "We Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny That This Is Our First Tweet" The Central Intelligence Agency made its Twitter debut Friday with a cheeky tweet that has been shared more than 50,000 times in its first hour. |
PC Magazine
November 30, 2004
Peter Suciu |
Evil Genius Any run-of-the-mill secret agent can save the world, but to achieve global domination, it takes an Evil Genius. |
Parameters
Spring 2005
Saxby Chambliss |
We Have Not Correctly Framed the Debate on Intelligence Reform Over the last decade, our intelligence community has failed us. It wasn't able to penetrate the al Qaeda terrorist organization, and we paid a high price for that failure. |
Salon.com
April 26, 2001
Fiona Morgan |
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... |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
Bruce Schneier |
"Body of Secrets" by James Bamford The author of a pioneering work on the NSA delivers a new book of revelations about the mysterious agency's coverups, eavesdropping and secret missions... |
National Defense
March 2009
Charles Faddis |
CIA Must Return To Its Roots To Become Effective Once Again Almost seven decades after the birth of this civilian intelligence agency, we need to go back to the beginning -- to a lean, flexible, imaginative organization trained and equipped to confront our nation's enemies. |
| AskMen.com |
Officials: CIA program targeted al-Qaida leaders A secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and then capture or kill al-Qaida leaders at close range. |
National Defense
June 2006
Harold Kennedy |
Intelligence Sharing: `Still a Battle' According to the National Counterterrorism Center, despite efforts since 9/11 to improve the gathering and analysis of government and military intelligence, getting agencies to pool information is still difficult. |
Salon.com
November 21, 2001
Charles Taylor |
"Spy Game" This brisk thriller overcomes its slick style with exciting espionage -- even if Brad Pitt and Robert Redford are all wrong... |
Reason
October 2005 |
Thirty Years Ago in Reason From October 1975: The FBI and CIA still spy and keep secret files on U.S. citizens... Every country and every people should be allowed to work out their own destiny... Prostitution has always been therapeutic... |
Information Today
July 16, 2013
Nancy K. Herther |
PRISM and the First Amendment: A Critical Issue Once Edward Snowden lands in some friendly country or decides to return to the U.S., we can hope that attention is again focused on PRISM and surveillance. So far, the responses from government officials have been less than stellar. |
National Defense
October 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. |
Reason
March 2002
Michael Young |
Spy Watch Behind closed doors at the National Security Agency: James Bamford's Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency From the Cold War Through the Dawn of a New Century... |
Wired
October 2009
Stephen Lee |
Secret Ops, Domestic Spying OK -- As Long As Someone's Watching the Watchmen If the U.S. wants a successful intelligence agency, a certain amount of opacity is not only acceptable, it's necessary. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Stan Crock |
Decades Of Terror Blunders Timothy Naftali's, Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism, offers fascinating detail on why needed reforms were neglected over the decades. |
PC World
September 12, 2001
Joris Evers |
Spy Technology: Too Little, Too Late? Echelon, other high-tech surveillance tools may not have been effective when needed... |
AskMen.com
Andrew Lubega |
The Art Of Interaction: Lessons From A Spy According to a semi-retired British spy, when it comes to the art of interaction, gaining people's trust is the first step to getting what you want out of them. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2008
Sally Adee |
Q&A With: IARPA Director Lisa Porter The first director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity discusses the differences between intelligence work and defense |
Popular Mechanics
October 10, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
Body of Lies' Spy Tech is Closer to Reality than Bond Experts tell Popular Mechanics that the technology featured in this film is much closer to reality than the farfetched gadgets Q routinely devises for James Bond. |
Military History Quarterly
Rose Mary Sheldon |
Toga & Dagger: Espionage in Ancient Rome Ancient Rome is remembered as one of the greatest military powers in history, its fame derived from the fearsome reputation of the empire's legionnaires. Lost in the telling, however, is the important role that espionage played in Rome's ascent to empire. |
AskMen.com
Bernie Alexander |
Secret Government Drug Testing Retrospect and the declassification unveils convoluted stories of mind control, illegal drugs and secret experiments by governments on citizens, soldier and spies. While only a conspiracy theorist would see them as absolute truth, even skeptics have their curiosity piqued. |
Job Journal
January 9, 2005 |
Jobwire for the Week of January 9, 2004 2004 adds 2.2 million new jobs... Security clearance candidates in demand... Who's hiring and who's firing... |
Mother Jones
Jan/Feb 2002
Ken Silverstein & David Isenberg |
Political Intelligence What happens when U.S. spies get the goods -- and the government won't listen? |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Secret Documents Reveal The CIA Has Been Hacking iPhones Since 2006 According to The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley, CIA-affiliated security researchers have worked since at least 2006 to target security keys used to encrypt data on Apple devices. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2002
Charles Taylor |
"The Bourne Identity" Matt Damon and Franka Potente illuminate a gripping, handsome post-Cold War thriller from "Swingers" director Doug Liman. |
AskMen.com
Bill Miller |
Overlooked '70s Political Thriller Movies Five such politically charged winners: The Day of the Jackal... Three Days of the Condor... Parallax View... The Dogs of War... Eiger Sanction... |
Salon.com
December 14, 2000
Janelle Brown |
There are spies among us. Yawn. A new book shines a light on the surprisingly unexciting world of corporate secret stealing... |
Salon.com
April 24, 2001
Fiona Morgan |
Deadly mistake Why did the Peruvian military shoot down a plane full of innocent people -- and why was the CIA involved? |
Parameters
Summer 2008
Josh Kerbel |
Lost for Words: The Intelligence Community's Struggle to Find its Voice The intelligence community looked introspectively at itself and found self-identity issues staring back with unnerving intensity. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
No Need to Rethink 'No-Fly' List Criteria, Say Intelligence Chiefs The former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Department's top intelligence chief both called for common sense answers to questions of who is and isn't added to terrorist watch lists. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2004
Wherrett & Yelovich |
What's the Intelligence on Nanosys? Nanosys - A great innovator, a strong intellectual property portfolio, an impressive staff of scientists, a strong management team, and a cash pile that's growing from big contracts -- wow, has the CIA uncovered a secret! |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2006
William Sweet |
Security Expert Slams Bush's Surveillance Program In this interview, the author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, James Bamford discusses why the U.S. president chose to dodge court review procedures in ordering post 9/11 wiretapping. |
National Defense
January 2009
Magnuson & Rusling |
A Domestic Counterterrorism Agency? It's a Numbers Game The question of whether to create a standalone domestic intelligence agency for counter-terrorism comes down to some cold, hard math, said The Rand Corp. in a recent study. |
InternetNews
June 12, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Army, CIA Warming Up to Web 2.0 Officials say top-down organizations are beginning to embrace collaborative, social media technologies, slowly. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2005 |
2005: The Year to Get a Handle on Terrorism Despite the compromise intelligence bill hammered out by Congress Dec. 7 and 8, the issue of coordinating this country's intelligence operations to tackle the issue of terrorism is far from resolved. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2002
Charles Taylor |
"Bad Company" This cookie-cutter spy thriller depends on the chemistry between Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock. Um, wait, there isn't any. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2006
Harry Goldstein |
Modeling Terrorists New simulators could help intelligence analysts think like the enemy. Whether the goal is to kill, deter, or negotiate with terrorists inside a computer or in the real world, ultimately agent-based models must answer one fundamental question: Do they help save lives? |
InternetNews
July 20, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Judge Nixes AT&T, Feds on Secrecy Request A federal judge in San Francisco denied a motion by AT&T and the U.S. government to keep details of a domestic spying program secret. |
Popular Mechanics
March 15, 2010
Joe Pappalardo |
Hollywood Fact Check: How Realistic Is Iraq War Film Green Zone? The military conspiracy-thriller Green Zone, a policy debate masquerading as an action movie, has a premise that invites scrutiny. |
BusinessWeek
August 13, 2007
Eamon Javers |
I Spy--For Capitalism Trident may be the only U.S. corporate-intelligence firm staffed by ex-KGB agents. |
Information Today
December 16, 2014 |
GPO Unveils Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) published the official digital and print versions of the "Report of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's [CIA] Detention and Interrogation Program." |
Salon.com
June 22, 2000
Neil Gordon |
"The Confirmation" by Thomas Powers The truly bizarre inner workings of the CIA are exposed in a thriller by an intelligence expert. |
