SpyTalk: December 5, 2010 - December 11, 2010

Ex-intelligence official blasts Pollard lobbying

Jonathan Pollard’s ex-wife Anne and her father were settled in Israel by the government there this week, the latest chapter in a renewed campaign to free the confessed spy. Israel has angled periodically for Pollard’s release since 1998, when it...

By Jeff Stein  | December 8, 2010; 3:45 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (27)
Categories:  Foreign policy, Intelligence, Justice/FBI, Lawandcourts, Media, Military  
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Clinton, Norway foreign minister discuss 'spying' uproar

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton huddled with her Norwegian counterpart Tuesday as the country's furor over U.S. embassy “spying” operations there spiked even higher with the WikiLeaks release of a cable revealing the American ambassador complaining about the country’s antiterrorism...

By Jeff Stein  | December 8, 2010; 9:50 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Foreign policy, Intelligence  | Tags:  Hillary Clinton, Jonas Gahr Stoere, Knut Storberget  
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CIA's new top dog makes Christmas party debut

CIA Director Leon J. Panetta left the CIA’s holiday party Friday night with his latest new staffer: Bravo, his Irish Setter. "Bravo, an Irish Setter, is an important member of the Panetta family,” said an attendee who insisted on being...

By Jeff Stein  | December 5, 2010; 12:50 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (9)
Categories:  Entertainment, Intelligence, Media  | Tags:  Andrea Mitchell, Bill Burton, Charles E. Allen, James Meek, James Woolsey, John Brennan, Leon J. Panetta, Michael Hayden, Michael Sulick, Rep. Mike Rogers, Ronald Kessler; Catherine Herridge, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Stansfield Turner  
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