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Tracking traitor forged lasting bond between 2 CIA women

January 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic

WASHINGTON Inside the Reston, Va., nursing home, the 80-year-old CIA pioneer was dying of cancer. Her best friend and former colleague sat in a nearby chair and tended to her needs.
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NYPD Muslim surveillance program got White House funding help

February 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Some of that money it’s unclear exactly how much because the program has little oversight has paid for the cars that plainclothes NYPD officers used to conduct surveillance on Muslim neighborhoods. It also paid for computers that store even innocuous information about Muslim college students, mosque sermons and social events.
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‘War booty’: Iran shrugs off US request to return spy drone

December 13, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Iran’s defense minister today shrugged off a U.S. request for the return of an American spy drone captured by Iranian armed forces and instead demanded an apology from Washington. U.S. officials say the unmanned aircraft malfunctioned and was not brought down by Iran. Continue Reading

Iraq joins talks on Iran bail for jailed Americans

September 15, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

Arab countries Oman and Iraq are involved in negotiations for the release of two Americans jailed in Iran for spying. Continue Reading

Video of Chinese general discussing spying leaked onto YouTube

August 29, 2011 in The Daily Republic

BEIJING (AP) – Footage of a Chinese general discussing sensitive spying cases has been leaked onto Google Inc.’s video sharing site YouTube, in what appears to be an embarrassing failure of secrecy for the usually tightlipped military.
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