Listers: I am not sure others saw this or the web URL, however, the NY Times has been running a number of articles on the CIA since Nov 28th or so. See below the URL and info about these -- you may need to "register" with NYT, login, password, to get into the articles and special CIA discussion groups. Judith ____________________________ THE REAL CIA This special report is based on the New York Times Television documentary, "The Real C.I.A.: Enemies, Secrets and Spies." With text by Tim Weiner, the Times Washington correspondent who narrated the report, it includes video clips from the documentary and articles from the New York Times archives. http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/index-cia.html ____________________________________ Dining With the Devil The Future of the C.I.A. Issue in Depth: U.S. Offensive Against Terrorism Issue in Depth: Bombings in East Africa Congress Decides to Conduct Study of Need for C.I.A. (Sept. 28, 1994) Looking for the Enemy; For C.I.A., History Is the Big Traitor (Jan. 1, 1995) C.I.A. Says Agents Deceived Superiors On Guatemala Role (July 26, 1995) C.I.A. Re-examines Hiring of Ex-Terrorist as Agent (Aug. 21, 1995) The C.I.A.'s most Important Mission: Itself (Dec. 10, 1995) Report Faults C.I.A. on Hiring of Informers in Guatemala (Dec. 10, 1995) The C.I.A. Seeks Out Informers On Terrorism, and Finds Them (Dec. 10, 1995) In the 1990's, with the cold war ended, the C.I.A. faces different enemies -- terrorists, criminal gangs, and rogue nations trying to build nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. To know these enemies, the C.I.A. must try to recruit terrorists and criminals and weapons dealers. It's like dining with the devil -- and to do that, you'd better bring a very long spoon, as the C.I.A.'s former in-house inspector general, Fred Hitz, tells us. The current chief of intelligence at the C.I.A., John McLaughlin, says the agency is hot on the trail of Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind of the bombing of two American embassies in Africa last August -- and a veteran of the Afghan war. But without a spy in bin Laden's camp, that search will be a long one. Spies have been with us ever since Joshua took Jericho, and they are likely to be around for millennia to come. But many Americans wonder whether we need a C.I.A. at all. The fact is that secrecy and deception are central to what the C.I.A. is and does. They are essential to running an overseas intelligence service. But secrecy and deception are powerful tools -- and, in the wrong hands, dangerous weapons. The challenge for the C.I.A. after the cold war is trying to promote American interests -- secretly, deceptively -- without abusing American values. Forum Join a Discussion on The Future of the C.I.A. hosted by Tim Weiner. Dining With the Devil Aldrich Ames is caught President Bush talks about the future of the C.I.A. Osama bin Laden Spying on the Enemy: The Invisible Hand: Bill Casey's C.I.A.: Dining With the Devil: ************************************************************** MINDCONTROL-L Mind Control and Psyops Mailing List To unsubscribe or subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text: "unsubscribe MINDCONTROL-L" or "subscribe MINDCONTROL-L". Post to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wes Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, list moderator
