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...every woman who runs a background check on a guy who's asking her out on a date. But if you were a secret agent working undercover, you would be extra careful too. In 1997 Valerie Plame was being courted by a man who had served as a U.S. diplomat in nine countries, many in Africa, and possessed about as high a security clearance as any spy could hope for, but Plame was taking no chances. It was only after several months of dating Ambassador Joseph Wilson that Plame, supposedly a private energy analyst, revealed the name of her true...
...obvious mistake is that the Fab 5 of “Queer Eye” weren’t just meth-snorting drifters some casting agent stumbled across at a trashy disco in Chelsea. Each has attained an enviable degree of success within his respective field: Jai appeared on Broadway in Rent, Thom was named one of America’s top 100 designers by House Beautiful magazine, and the list goes on. So be honest, friend: it’s the “so-called stereotypical” behaviors that are leaving you and countless gays across...
...operations chief for the I.N.C. goes by the name of Abu Ranin. His job before the war was to crack the mukhabarat. His tactics were hardball. The I.N.C. had done surveillance on Iraqi missions around the world, making educated guesses about who was an intelligence agent. From these lists, the I.N.C. narrowed down its targets. "We chose them for their weaknesses, setting out to get something on them and force them to work for us," says Abu Ranin, who was then based in Jordan...
...nightclubs in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, says his clubs have done so well that next year he is opening a third, in Plano, Texas. In Hallandale Beach, Fla., more than 600 people attended the August opening of Club Mighty, a once-a-month Christian nightclub created by insurance agent Sheldon Bland. "We get believers and nonbelievers," said Bland. "People are looking for an alternative to the typical club scene...
...have no idea whether we'll find out who the leaker is." George W. Bush, U.S. President, after the White House staff was asked to hand over documents related to the leak of a CIA agent's name...