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Raffi Khatchadourian: No Secrets
Julian Assange’s mission for total transparency.
2010-06-14 to bestof, grassroots, intelligence, media, transparency by soobrosa
Robert Baer: A Dagger to the CIA
On December 30, in one of the deadliest attacks in CIA history, an Al Qaeda double agent schemed his way onto a U.S. base in Afghanistan and blew himself into the next life, taking seven Americans with him. How could this have happened?
2010-06-13 to al kaida, bestof, cia, espionage, intelligence, politics, usa by soobrosa
Ian Black: The truth about the Mossad
The recent, outlandish assassination in Dubai may prove the most damaging yet in the Mossad's history of high-profile, bungled operations. How did it squander its reputation for ruthless brilliance?
2010-05-12 to bestof, intelligence, israel, profile, terrorism by soobrosa
Malcolm Gladwell: Pandora’s Briefcase
Operation Mincemeat was a dazzling feat of wartime espionage. But does it argue for or against spying?
2010-05-12 to bestof, espionage, game theory, intelligence, spying, story by soobrosa
Jane Mayer: Counterfactual
A curious history of the C.I.A.’s secret interrogation program.
2010-05-10 to bestof, books, intelligence, interrogation by soobrosa
Siobhan Gorman: How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade
Palantir's software has helped root out terrorist financing networks, revealed new trends in roadside bomb attacks, and uncovered details of Syrian suicide bombing networks in Iraq,
2009-09-19 to analysis, bestof, data, intelligence, it, social, software, spy by soobrosa
Annie Jacobsen: The Road to Area 51
After decades of denying the facility's existence, five former insiders speak out.
2009-04-17 to government, intelligence, military, secret, spy, ufo by soobrosa
David Rose: Tortured Reasoning
George W. Bush defended harsh interrogations by pointing to intelligence breakthroughs, but a surprising number of counterterrorist officials say that, apart from being wrong, torture just doesn’t work.
2009-04-14 to al qaida, bestof, bush, cia, intelligence, interrogation, iraq, torture, war by soobrosa
Malcolm Gladwell: None of the Above
What I.Q. doesn’t tell you about race.
2007-12-17 to bestof, intelligence, iq, psychology by soobrosa
Paul Graham: Is It Worth Being Wise?
If you feel exhausted, it's not necessarily because there's something wrong with you. Maybe you're just running fast.
2007-02-16 to happiness, intelligence, society, wisdom by soobrosa

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