Central Intelligence Agency

Michael Hastings Death: Readers Respond to Our Cover Story

Michael Hastings Probed the CIA Before Fatal Hollywood Crash

Michael Hastings, the Buzzfeed writer who appeared to have died in a fiery Hollywood crash early today, had reported extensively on the CIA and was rumored to be continuing work on that beat at the time of his demise. See also: Michael Hastings Crash: Car Was Speeding, Engine Flew 100 Feet, Cops Sa ... More >>

Ex-L.A. Times Writer Apologizes for "Tawdry" Attacks

Jesse Katz admits that attacking journalist Gary Webb's CIA-cocaine expose ruined Webb's life

Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty Is a Thrilling Manhunt

Marijuana Delivery Man Says Ninjas Took His Weed

The marijuana delivery guy who said he was robbed by ninjas over the weekend was (chose one): A) Really, really high on his own supply. B) An international man of intrigue whose past as a CIA operative finally caught up with him. C) Lying his ass off because he took the goods himself and partied wi ... More >>

Safe House Review: With Denzel on Autopilot, Ryan Reynolds' Bod Takes Center Stage (Again)

"He's sooo hot," the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film's opening images of Ryan Reynolds working out flashed on the screen. She then went on to fiddle with her BlackBerry for half the movie. Based on those two actions, she is, I think, this scat ... More >>

The Man Nobody Knew Review

The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Review

Movie Reviews: Beautiful Islands, Kings of the Evening, Racing Dreams

Also, Farewell, Ramona and Beezus, Valhalla Rising, Mademoiselle Chambon

Mystery Man Who Escaped From LAPD Gets A Menu Of New Charges

​The mysterious man who eluded authorities this spring after they visited his downtown residence only to find an alleged counterfeiting operation was charged Thursday with an additional seven felonies, including drug sales and forgery, authorities said. Brian Alexik had already been charged wi ... More >>

NBC's Latest Cooking Show: Caterers Who Are Spies!

Catering usually means insanely long hours, mediocre pay, a big pile of worn-out cooking clogs, and -- unless you work for Wolfgang Puck Catering -- very little glamor. But who needs real life when you've got NBC. Jay Leno's home network has just picked up a new series from J.J. Abrams called Underc ... More >>

Handcuffs for Bushies

Out of the dark side, Jane Mayer's investigation into the Bush administration, a rogue's list for prosecution

The Year’s Best Characters

Support group

Ordinary Rendition

It’s not torture, but this latest Mideast thriller’s as conventional as they come

Down the Rabbit Hole

Spy love and betrayal in The Company, painful Hiroshima memories in White Light/Black Rain

The Good Shepherd: Trust No One

De Niro’s somnolent Shepherd leads us not into temptation

Behind the Oil Curtain

Stephen Gaghan did drugs; now he’s onto petroleum

Global Currency

In Syriana, oil makes the world go round

Our Man in Paris

Harry Mathews as CIA agent — or not

The Great American Spy Novel

Charles McCarry and The Tears of Autumn 30 years later

Essential Reading

Provided by the United States Government

Gary Webb, RIP

No thanks to the L.A. Times

Spies on Ice

Would the end of the CIA be good or bad?

No Fall Guy

Ex–CIA chief leaves enough clues pointing to Bush

Swallow This, Deep Throat

A case for silencing anonymous sources

Bush’s Biggest Mistake

The pre-9/11 blunder you’ve probably never heard of

Firing Arnold

Unfair Game

Joseph Wilson on the cost of telling the truth in Washington

The Novak Affair

How I broke the CIA-leak story, and why nobody noticed

The Neocons’ New Enemy: The CIA

Laurie Mylroie’s crazy ideas about 9/11

Love — and Hate — in Iraq

Yellowcake Rising

Radiating Doubts on Iraq

20th -Century Cruise

Tom Carson on television, American history and his new novel, Gilligan’s Wake

The Shrinking Saddam

Bush blows off CIA report that cites higher risks from al Qaeda

Shrieking in Cyberspace

Relax. Your computer’s fine. We’re only blowing billions on an overhyped terror threat

To Protect and to Spin

The ex–LAPD cop who became a 9/11 conspiracy king

The Terror Watch

A chronology of events leading up to 9/11

Royal Treatments

The Crash of Civilizations

12 highlights from 365 days

Spies vs. Spies

The CIA makes a comeback

It’s the Oil

For all of punditry’s hot air, the root cause remains the same

Crack Cop

FBI memos released to the Weekly show ties of convicted dealer to former CIA official

From Their Vaults to Your Desktop

Finding documents “The Man” wants to hide

Magic Marker Dragoon

Suing the CIA

Mom tackles the agency

October Demise

Re-Hash

Cockburn and St. Clair's Clip Job on the CIA-Drug Paradigm

Secret Agent Men

The Coke Machine

The Story behind the Contra-crack cocaine story