SpyTalk: February 20, 2011 - February 26, 2011

Libya’s ambassador here raising pre-Gaddafi flag

The Libyan ambassador to the United States plans to raise the country’s pre-Gaddafi flag over his Washington, D.C. home Friday afternoon, a U.S. Muslim organization says. Ambassador Ali Aujali, who resigned earlier this week, “will raise the flag of the...

By Jeff Stein  | February 25, 2011; 12:44 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Foreign policy, Intelligence  | Tags:  Ali Aujali, Moammar Gaddafi  
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CIA's top Libyan contact Musa Kusa may go down with Gaddafi

Kusa cannot defect to the opposition like other top Libyan officials, says a spokesman for a U.S.-based Libyan human rights group, because “he has too much blood on his hands.”

By Jeff Stein  | February 23, 2011; 10:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
Categories:  Foreign policy, Intelligence, Military  
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AIPAC wins court battle with former top official Rosen

A D.C. Superior Court judge on Wednesday dismissed a $20 million defamation suit brought by a leading pro-Israel activist against his former employer, in a high-profile battle that involved charges of espionage and pornography. In 2009, Steven J. Rosen brought...

By Jeff Stein  | February 23, 2011; 8:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (2)
Categories:  Financial/business, Intelligence, Lawandcourts  
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Ray Davis rescue? 'Mission Impossible,' CIA vet says

Reported fears that Raymond Davis may not make it out of Pakistan alive may have the White House pondering rescue scenarios. The betting is that President Obama will somehow figure out a way to spring Davis, a CIA operative whose...

By Jeff Stein  | February 22, 2011; 9:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (24)
Categories:  Foreign policy, Intelligence, Lawandcourts, Military  | Tags:  Raymond David; Barack Obama; Jimmy Carter; Bruce Willis; Last Action Hero  
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