Did the CIA write a rock song? A podcast explores the agency's musical influencers

Did the CIA write a rock song? A podcast explores the agency's musical influencers

Patrick Radden Keefe explores how the line between propaganda and entertainment can become blurred.

  • byDonna Lu

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Uproar over diplomatic immunity for alleged killer triggers rule change - with a catch

Uproar over diplomatic immunity for alleged killer triggers rule change - with a catch

Britain has closed a secret immunity loophole that allowed the wife of an American diplomat to flee the country despite a fatal car crash.

  • byBevan Shields
Rundown of China's spy agencies will make uncomfortable reading for some

Rundown of China's spy agencies will make uncomfortable reading for some

China has more people engaged in its spying effort than any other country - but we don't even know the names of its intelligence agencies.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Bolton critique of Trump could define tell-all book battles

Bolton critique of Trump could define tell-all book battles

The teams for John Bolton and President Donald Trump are facing off in the US District Court in Washington,adding the former national security adviser to a long list of authors who have clashed with the White House over publishing sensitive material.

The riddle of Swedish PM Olof Palme's murder may finally be solved

The riddle of Swedish PM Olof Palme's murder may finally be solved

He was shot dead in central Stockholm after going to the movies with his wife and son. The case sparked a massive manhunt and a plethora of conspiracy theories.

  • bySimon Johnson
A podcast on Gough Whitlam’s dismissal re-interprets our country’s greatest political crisis

A podcast on Gough Whitlam’s dismissal re-interprets our country’s greatest political crisis

The ABC podcast The Eleventh reveals a great deal more was happening behind the draped curtains of Yarralumla than met the Australian eye.

  • byJoey Watson
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CIA,FBI and NSA justified in view Putin aimed to help Trump:report

CIA,FBI and NSA justified in view Putin aimed to help Trump:report

Trump,who has bristled at suggestions that foreign interference helped his upset 2016 victory,has sought to discredit the intelligence agencies'findings.

  • byMark Hosenball
Trump unapologetic as he pushes ahead with post-impeachment purge

Trump unapologetic as he pushes ahead with post-impeachment purge

Even in the middle of a pandemic,Trump has made clear that he remained fixated on purging the government of those he believes betrayed him.

  • byPeter Baker
China does not know extent of its outbreak,CIA tells White House

China does not know extent of its outbreak,CIA tells White House

The CIA has been warning the White House since at least early February that China has vastly understated its coronavirus infections.

  • byJulian E. Barnes
It seemed as if nothing could stop James Bond,but then came a novel enemy ... the coronavirus

It seemed as if nothing could stop James Bond,but then came a novel enemy ... the coronavirus

How will James Bond navigate the post-#MeToo world? A ride on the publicity bandwagon elicits a few answers.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Crime boss'Whitey'Bulger was subject of CIA mind-control experiments

Crime boss'Whitey'Bulger was subject of CIA mind-control experiments

The mobster and fellow inmates were offered reduced sentences for taking part in what they were told was medical research into a cure for schizophrenia.

  • byRandy Herschaft