In the murky world of intelligence and diplomacy – the two often intertwine – it’s not always easy to know the truth. The Raymond Davis case is a prime example. It has now emerged that Raymond Davis, the American held by Pakistan for shooting two alleged robbers, is a CIA contractor. Many news organizations had […]
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Diplomat, Spy, Contractor
Posted February 22nd, 2011 at 8:19 pm (UTC+0)
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Iraq Inside Baseball
Posted February 16th, 2011 at 3:34 pm (UTC+0)
At the CIA, they have the best little gift shop at which you cannot shop. It sells all kinds of trinkets with the agency logo like pens, t-shirts, glassware. (I love the sign that says that “if you are in covert status do not use a credit card” – although why anybody who was in […]
The Spies Have It
Posted February 1st, 2011 at 4:34 pm (UTC+0)
The appointment of Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman as vice-president underscores both the power of the country’s intelligence services in keeping the government in power and the deep influence the military has on policymaking in Cairo. Egypt has three intelligence services: a foreign intelligence service, called the General Intelligence Service, often called the Mukhabarat; a […]
