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...Sources tell TIME the polygraph indicated possible deception when Hanssen denied stripper Priscilla Galey's claim that he had tried to recruit her as a spy in 1990-91. Hanssen said the attraction was purely physical and explained the needle's jitters as the nervousness of a conservative Roman Catholic when asked about his extramarital affair. But Hanssen is also suspected of being less than candid about other aspects of his 21-year career as a Russian mole, according to senior U.S. officials. If he is shown to have been untruthful, his plea arrangement could fall apart and he could...
...world where love seems so hard to find, what is to be done? We can find clues in the myths surrounding the man we celebrate today, Saint Valentine. One legend has it that Valentine, incensed at Roman Emperor Claudius II’s wartime decree outlawing marriage for young able-bodied men, disobeyed and continued to perform marriages, furtively securing the affections of young lovers. Another tale follows that while in prison, Valentine fell in love with the warden’s daughter who visited him from time to time. Before his death, Valentine wrote her a love letter signed...
...more like a high school student council. It’s not the Roman Senate,” he said. “Things like laundry machines and Springfest are what the UC should...
This week TIME.com is publishing an excerpt from novelist and military historian CALEB CARR's new book, The Lessons of Terror. In the book, a provocative history of warfare against civilians from Roman times to the present, Carr argues that such tactics have always failed--and are destined to fail again. Chat with him about the war on terror on Monday...
...scandal that has already cost the Roman Catholic Church dearly in moral authority is beginning to take a serious economic toll. In a landmark agreement in Ireland last week, the church offered $110 million to compensate thousands of victims of sexual and physical abuse that occurred over several decades in church-run schools there. Meanwhile, a Tucson, Ariz., diocese settled for an undisclosed sum with former altar boys who said they were molested by their priest, a quiet deal that typifies how these cases are handled in the U.S. Less common is the very public court battle of John Geoghan...