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Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World By Trevor Paglen 324 pages; Dutton...
...From Area 51 to the once-secret prisons of Afghanistan, there are certain places that the U.S. government has tried its best to erase from most maps. But as author and geographer Trevor Paglen writes early on in his book, the absence of such places - the titular blank spots -inherently inform us of their exact locations: "Secrets, in other words, often inevitably announce their own existence." Over the next 250 pages, Paglen goes on to sketch out a survey of the dark corners of the United States' national security apparatus from the early 20th century to today...
...operative in federal prison convicted of spying for the KGB, continued his work from behind bars isn't nearly as serious, but it won't exactly help the agency's reputation. Nicholson, who allegedly enlisted his Nathaniel son to collect his KGB "pension" and to pass on whatever secrets Dad still knew, is pretty much stale history. But even so, the news is an unwanted reminder that the KGB was eating the CIA's lunch in the 1990s - along with the National Security Agency's and the Department of Defense's. (See the top 10 Secret Service code names...
...Secret Chef. Having Valentine's dinner at home and want to spemd more time prepping yourself than the meal? The chef at the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach comes to your rescue packing up a four-course meal of seafood and filet mignon -plus a bottle of champagne- to go. He's even thoughtfully included chocolate croissants for breakfast. $150 for two. 100 South Ocean Blvd, Manalapan...
...contravention of international humanitarian law because the group's members are likely to face persecution in Iran or Iraq. But many Iraqis and Iranians suspect that the U.S. keeps the camp open for intelligence purposes, since the MEK's spy network played a key role in uncovering Iran's secret uranium-enrichment program...