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...hopscotched across the globe, Khan had little reason to believe that Western intelligence agencies were catching on to his activities. But unbeknownst to him, they apparently had found a mole in the operation who could lead straight to the boss...
...told TIME that in the next five years he wants to double the number of agents chasing spooks. Already, the FBI has placed counterespionage squads of at least seven agents in all 56 of its field division offices over the past year. What about the chance that damaging U.S. moles are helping Russia today? Says one U.S. senior intelligence official: "There's always evidence of another mole because there are always unexplained events. There are always unexplained losses. There are always enough dots that look strange." --With reporting by Massimo Calabresi, Michael Duffy and Elaine Shannon/Washington
...dramatic hand gestures to her audience on Univision. At 56, the Cuban-American media mogul is riding a wave that seems in its mere infancy as the country's demographic becomes more Latino. Mainstream advertisers seeking to tap into the Hispanic market have flocked to her like Mexicans to mole. Most often compared with Oprah, Cristina is the host of a show that has received 11 Emmys during its 16 years. It is seen in Latin America, the U.S. and Europe. Cristina publishes her own magazine, called, of course, Cristina. She has a bilingual website averaging 50,000 hits...
...acknowledge that Fallujah is only the beginning. But they hope that the show of force there is the first step toward gradually eroding the insurgents' ability to coordinate activities around the country. Senior U.S. officials say the coming months will be like playing a deadly game of "whack a mole" across the country: attacking insurgents wherever they rise up and trying to take back enough rebel-held areas to hold credible elections in January. The U.S. does not have enough soldiers in Iraq to crush a growing insurgency in multiple locations at the same time. But officials believe they...
...whack-a-mole strategy may already be getting its first test in Mosul. The city is home to a heterogenous population of 1 million--Sunni, Kurd and Turkoman--and for months after the invasion was viewed as one of the occupation's few success stories. But locals warn that the city is slipping out of control. Foreign terrorists streaming across the border from Syria have joined forces with a Baathist resistance stocked with unemployed ex-soldiers. Insurgent attacks have grown significantly in number and lethality in recent months, and at least two or three assassination victims arrive each...