Category Archives: Intelligence

Sidney Harman’s Intelligence Connection (It ain’t Jane)

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

Just posted, from The Daily Beast. It’s well-known that Sidney Harman, the electronics mogul who just bought Newsweek, is married to Rep. Jane Harman, one of Washington’s heavyweights on intelligence. Rep. Harman, a Democrat, spent eight years on the House … Continue reading →

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CIA Man

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

The CIA, Tuli Kupferberg and Me CIA Man, written by the late, great Tuli Kupferberg, is one of the Fugs‘ oldest songs. I first heard it live at the Harry Smith Memorial Concert in DC produced by the Smithsonian Institution … Continue reading →

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My Turn: The Post Covers Spy Town (The Atlantic)

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

Just posted. An excerpt: To be sure, the Post did the public a huge favor by showing, in excruciating detail, just how massive our secret government has become since 9/11, how far it spreads geographically across the country, and how … Continue reading →

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The Corporate Intelligence Community: A Photo Exclusive

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

By Tim Shorrock (WASHINGTON, DC) – Not long ago, as I was preparing an article on government contracting, I was given a tour of Northern Virginia by a friend who spent over a decade as an intelligence operative and another … Continue reading →

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Clapper and the Intelligence “Enterprise”

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Tim Shorrock

My take on retired Air Force General James Clapper, who’s been appointed by President Obama to be Director of National Intelligence, from Foreign Policy in Focus. Clapper doesn’t lean toward either the Bush or Obama foreign policy agendas, nor does … Continue reading →

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