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MARY MCCARTHY HAS BECOME a metaphor for an existential drama enveloping the CIA. On the surface, the question is whether CIA employees may take it upon themselves to reveal CIA secrets to the media. The answer is no. There is, in the first quarter-inch of every CIA employee's personnel file, an ironclad secrecy agreement forbidding such. It is the law--and properly so. One can easily defend the need for unyielding discipline when it comes to guarding the nation's secrets. And one can point to legitimate internal channels for dissent. But all that may be irrelevant...
When he was picked for a secret mission one evening in early 2005, Ahmed Bakr felt no fear. He had been on many life-threatening assignments for al-Qaeda in Iraq. In comparison, taking a small package of high explosives to a village on the outskirts of Baghdad was almost an insult. "I thought, Why are they sending a fighter for such a simple job?" he says. But when he arrived at the given address, he began to sense that the mission might not be so petty after all. The modest house was guarded by fighters, one of whom recognized...
...wait to be asked to join SIS-if you believe you have the aptitude and talent apply now!" JACK STRAW, British Foreign Secretary, addressing potential recruits for the country's secret intelligence service. MI6 announced last week that it would publicly advertise jobs for the first time in its 97-year history...
...years ago, Walsh saved ace Trey Hendricks for a relief appearance in Game 2 at Dartmouth and got burned when Hendricks lost. The next day, Hendricks threw a complete-game shutout against the Big Green. Dartmouth eventually won Game 4 and the division title, but Walsh has made no secret of his willingness to use his best pitchers in unusual situations.“Every single weekend—and Coach Walsh will tell you the same thing,” Haviland said. “I try to beg my way into the games on Sunday. My arm never...
...unnecessarily long sequence of the film, Bob faces the ugly task of fixing the R.V.’s backed-up plumbing system. And he continually cites a need to defecate as a reason to park the vehicle, so that he can work on a business proposal in secret. While these moments had many viewers in stitches, fans of Williams’ biting standup or his darker turns in recent comedies like “Death to Smoochy” may find this shift to potty humor lackluster. That being said, “R.V.” is obviously...