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After enduring months of criticism for his handling of fallout from the Aldrich Ames spy case, CIA Director James Woolsey -- also under fire for his halting attempts to reorganize the agency -- threw up his hands and resigned. The vacancy at the agency comes as a presidential commission takes up the...
All along, James Woolsey wanted to be not the director of central intelligence but the Secretary of Defense. And what finally cost him his job, associates say, was that he spent too much time playing a defensive game. He got into fights with Senators over minor items in the $28...
In a move that TIME correspondents say surprised everyone in its timing, CIA Director James Woolsey -- long criticized for his handling of the Aldrich Ames spy case -- resigned today. Woolsey said his "family figures prominently" in the decision to quit. President Clinton said he accepted the resignation "with regret." Woolsey...
The allegation first appeared in an anonymous flier delivered to law school students last month. The flyer, titled "Boycott Ames: Team's Cheating Covered Up," was also posted on some bulletin boards around campus.
Why Atlanta? Auctioneers say the Southern capital and home of Ted Turner is the nation's premier market for the kind of flashy goods -- diamond-studded Rolexes, collectible autos and the like -- the U.S. appropriates from superspies and, far more frequently, drug dealers. TIME was given an exclusive preview of...