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Central Intelligence Agency

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Valerie Plame Comes Out of the Cold to UCI Law

    ​Valerie Plame, whose career as an undercover for the CIA ended when the Bush White House blew her cover in 2003, comes to the UC Irvine School of Law Feb. 17 to give a free talk about her experiences.Now going by Valerie Elise Plame Wilson, to reflect her marriage to former Ambassador Joseph C. W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Joel Lee Craft Jr., Seller of Telemarketing Leads, Indicted in $25 Million Indie Movie Investment Scam

    ​David Mamet's independent movie (and play that preceded it) Glengarry Glen Ross is about slick salesmen using underhanded tactics to rope in would-be property investors culled from what is known as "lead lists."  The CEO of a San Clemente information company that sells such lists to telemark ... More >>

  • Film

    March 11, 2010

    'Green Zone': Mission Finally Accomplished

    Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon's WMD of a movie confirms the big lie

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    'Slave Hunter' Aaron Cohen Throws the Book at Human Trafficking

    Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon's WMD of a movie confirms the big lie

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    To Do Tonight - 6/25

    Knitting for Beginners Workshop, 6:30 p.m.You're never too old to take up knitting. Hell, everyone needs scarves. And socks. People need socks like they're going out of style. And it's good to keep your hands busy. After all, idle hands are the devil's playground! Consider yourself warned!!The Kids ... More >>

  • Film

    February 12, 2009

    'The International' Has Troubled Assets, Indeed

    Knitting for Beginners Workshop, 6:30 p.m.You're never too old to take up knitting. Hell, everyone needs scarves. And socks. People need socks like they're going out of style. And it's good to keep your hands busy. After all, idle hands are the devil's playground! Consider yourself warned!!The Kids ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008

    Rohrabacher went in drag to solve already solved RFK assassination?

    While the nation struggles with two wars, financial disasters, devastating hurricanes, regular political sex and ethics scandals, ridiculously priced gas and global warming, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) has been busy attempting to singlehandedly solve the already solved 196 ... More >>

  • Food

    August 14, 2008

    Once You Find It, the Blackmarket Bakery in Irvine Will Merit Many Happy Returns

    While the nation struggles with two wars, financial disasters, devastating hurricanes, regular political sex and ethics scandals, ridiculously priced gas and global warming, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) has been busy attempting to singlehandedly solve the already solved 196 ... More >>

  • Film

    December 20, 2007

    Moolah Formullahs

    All aboard the '80s wayback machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2007

    Friday's Headlines & Surprises

    No, really? You can finally relax. The Coastline Pilot decided it was time to voice its opposition to alcohol consumption by teenagers. “Drinks, teens shouldn't mix,” the Los Angeles Times-owned community paper serving Laguna Beach declared today. And just in case readers didn't comprehend the ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 5, 2007

    Letters

    Allow me to write a similar column to !Ask a Mexican! called Ask an American, and lets see which column people like more

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    You win some. You Laos some

    Is it just me, or does it seem like everyone is conspiring to overthrow the government of Laos these days? Apparently, Vang Pao, a former Laotion general from Orange County, and Harrison Ulrich Jack, a retired California National Guard lieutenant colonel, were arrested this morning and accused of do ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 5, 2006

    Letters

    'Its incredulous that Dave is so hateful. The fact that Rex was caught with marijuana paraphernalia at an airport should have made him a "hero" at the "weakly," but you allowed Dave to trash him'

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Odds and Ends

    Well, it was quite a weekend in Washington D.C. In a previous post, Alex did a fine job of spelling out the facts in the case of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Predator). The only thing that can be added is that Foley has now headed down a familiar path-- as Josh Marshall puts it: "Ahhh, once again, the l ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    'I've Never Been to America. America Came to Me'

    Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg recalls his three-year journey through Americas war on terror

  • Columns

    September 14, 2006

    Commie Girl

    Bullet Dodged! Dancing on 9/11 minus four

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Cocaine Airways

    A former CIA pilot says secret flights to El Toro could explain a Marine officers suicide

  • Culture

    August 17, 2006

    Taking Lives

    Coyote on a Fence gets all nuancey about capital punishment

  • Film

    August 10, 2006

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the Week: Repo Man

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2006

    Anaheim Activists Settle Lawsuit Against Spooky Cops

    Yesterday, Anaheim activist group Los Amigos held a sparsely attended press conference to announce that it had just settled a four-year-old lawsuit against the city's police department. The lawsuit began thanks to a secret spying operation against members of the group who had often complained about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2006

    A Bad Day for Bush, and maybe waterboarding

    The Supreme Court today ruled the Bush administration must do one of those things it is always extremely reluctant to do: obey the law. By a vote of 5-3, the Supremes said the administration can't proceed with its plans to try prisoners at Guantanamo Bay before military tribunals. Writing for the m ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 4, 2006

    Dem Bones

    Web Exclusive! Let's Help the Democrats Find Their Spines

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    Punchin' Judy

    NY Times First Amendment 'martyr' Miller comes to town

  • Features

    September 8, 2005
  • Columns

    September 1, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Aug. 24 - Aug. 29

  • Culture

    April 28, 2005

    Mass Destruction

    Go see Timon, loser

  • Columns

    January 20, 2005

    This Inauguration Doesnt Auger Well

    But Hugh Hewitt hews to the red state hues

  • Columns

    December 16, 2004

    Diary of A Mad County

    But Hugh Hewitt hews to the red state hues

  • Columns

    November 11, 2004

    Letters

    But Hugh Hewitt hews to the red state hues

  • Film

    August 19, 2004

    Genocide Reloaded

    Rerelease of When the Mountains Tremble is bad news for Guatemalan generals

  • Columns

    August 12, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Rerelease of When the Mountains Tremble is bad news for Guatemalan generals

  • News

    July 22, 2004
  • Unknown

    May 13, 2004
  • News

    February 19, 2004

    Daily Brief with Ray McGovern

    Bush, Tenet, Iraq, Conservatives, Vietnam and Sept. 11 through the eyes of a 27-year CIA analyst

  • Features

    November 6, 2003

    The Thin Boo Line!

    Orange Countys 31 scariest cops!

  • Columns

    November 7, 2002

    Wanna See Something Really Scary?

    What Republicans really stand for

  • Film

    October 31, 2002

    Raising Caine

    How a Brit saved The Quiet American

  • News

    June 27, 2002

    Court Jousters

    How a Brit saved The Quiet American

  • News

    May 2, 2002

    Mondo Washington

    Fossil Fools

  • Film

    March 14, 2002

    Men In Rumpled Black

    Why The Conversation still speaks to us

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Where Are the Cops?

    Despite a judges ruling that he defrauded investors of millions, Eddie Allen still runs free

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    The T Word

    Rigoberta Menchu Tum gives OC a new definition of terrorism

  • News

    October 11, 2001

    God Bless America

    How a Newport Beach power couple used right-wing politics to build an empire worth absolutely nothing

  • Features

    October 4, 2001

    Dr. Frankenbacher

    Huntington Beach Congressman Dana Rohrabacher helped arm the terrorists accused of attacking New York and Washington, D.C. Now hes got a new plan to save the world

  • Unknown

    July 6, 2000

    That 70's Blow!

    Washburn lost on coke

  • Columns

    June 22, 2000

    Who's Gay In History?

    Pretty much everybody

  • News

    February 24, 2000

    Who Killed Col. James Sabow?

    Was Marine Corps Col. James Sabow the victim of a military cover-up?

  • Columns

    December 3, 1998

    Letters

    Was Marine Corps Col. James Sabow the victim of a military cover-up?

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Take Me Online to the Ballgame

    Angels fans fight to the inevitable end

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    The Tatum Chronicles

    News of OC businessman's high-profile assassination in a Moscow subway remains top-secret

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