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...have promised Congress they will send the new department their "finished" intelligence reports, but they resist divulging raw data and sensitive sources and methods. The two organizations also insist the bureaucratic war between them is over. "The FBI and CIA are working together," says Jim Bernazzani, an FBI agent detailed to the CTC and one of its deputy directors. "Anybody who promotes the notion that we are not is wrong. Period." But many in Congress aren't convinced and believe the two agencies can still improve coordination. While the number of FBI agents at the CIA center has doubled since...
...this is the most remarkable change of all; like adolescents slipping into adulthood, we have stopped demanding immediate answers and begun to accept there are some things we cannot know. Wednesday, an FBI agent told an interviewer he was worried that Americans are suffering from "alert fatigue;" and while that may be true, at least we can say we're still prepared for whatever comes. We're not sleeping much these days, but we're ready...
...afford a private jet? There's a new option. Last week Lufthansa began operating an all-business-class flight from Newark International Airport to Dusseldorf, Germany, using planes and crew from the elite Swiss charter company PrivatAir. Passengers at each airport will be escorted through security by an airline agent and then board from a gate next to Lufthansa's club lounge. The Boeing business jet will have 48 big seats, each with a Sony Watchman. There will be plainclothes security officers onboard and a flight attendant for every 12 passengers. Price: $5,813 round trip, compared with...
...World Cup is a smorgasbord for fans, but it can be just as much a feast for agents and football-club owners, who treat the tournament as a giant showroom for potential talent?even in this era of nascent financial parsimony. While some players disappear into oblivion in the face of international pressure, others rise to the challenge. Here, with the help of football agent Athole Still, who represents England manager Sven-GOran Eriksson, TIME analyzes some of those players who excelled and looks at how they increased their market value...
...beginning of the year, the CTC formed a special Abu Zubaydah Task Force, manned with 100 covert operatives, CIA analysts, technicians and even agency rookies who had agreed to interrupt their spy training to mine data banks. Working around the clock for six weeks, sifting through thousands of agent reports, spy-satellite photos and signal intercepts, the task force finally pinpointed the 31-year-old Saudi-born Palestinian in a villa near Faisalabad, Pakistan. On the evening of March 27, Tenet and as many of the task-force members as could fit into the ground-floor conference room crowded around...