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In part four of her series, former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls efforts by South Korean intelligence to steer her activism and the North’s to thwart it.

A scandal-riven former general will run Israel’s leading spy agency, obliterating a tradition of nonpartisan professionals in the job

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Flinging insults, up all night, xenophobic rages, zig-zag policies, crazy pardons. What should we think about Trump's mental state? The fate of Kaiser Wilhelm II offers clues.

In part three of her series, former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her run-ins with Soviet agents

For former CIA soldier Rahmanullah Lakanwal, life just got too hard

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A new biography of Meir Dagan covers his career from decorated soldier to death dealing Israeli spy boss, to his open disgust for Netanyahu

A new biography of Meir Dagan traces his career from decorated soldier to death dealing Israeli spy boss and beyond

In part two of her series, former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her effort to stop a CIA op in Ethiopia that risked the life of a friendly local official

Welcome to Spy Week, a curated compilation of important news from the intersection of intelligence, foreign relations and military operations.

Sen. Jack Reed, ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, worries that Trump’s “preposterous” attacks could lead to “lethal action” against his colleagues

Former State Department official and human rights advocate Roberta Cohen recalls her brushes with U.S. and foreign intelligence agents through the decades

Longtime FBI watcher Ron Kessler says stripping counterintelligence primacy from the bureau is a terrible idea

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Former intelligence chief is among more than a dozen Obama era officials ensnared in widening Florida-based investigation

The Arkansas Tea Party Republican’s loyalty to Trump has paid off big time