Tim Weiner
Obama’s C.I.A Nominee John O. Brennan Has “Personal Objections” to Torture
In the aftermath of September 11th, the Central Intelligence Agency has come under a lot of scrutiny. From Saddam Hussein’s (nonexistent) weapons of mass destruction, to the use of waterboarding and other forms of torture, to black sites and secret prisons, the war on terror has certainly tested the agency’s credibility. At his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday, […]
Despite Resigning, Petraeus Will Testify on Benghazi
The soap opera continues. The FBI investigation into an alleged affair between General David Petraeus and biographer Paula Broadwell, which also implicated General John Allen and a Tampa-based fundraiser named Jill Kelley, has become very public knowledge. Petraeus resigned on Friday, hoping to get in front of the scandal before it thrust him any further into the spotlight. But Congress had other […]
The Secret World of Espionage Comes to New York
John Hockenberry visits the new spying exhibit at the Discovery Center in Times Square. He peruses hundreds of artifacts from the CIA, FBI, and National Reconnaissance Office with Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former New York Times reporter who wrote the definitive history of the CIA.
The Legacy of Charles Colson: From Prison to Preaching
Charles W. Colson, Watergate mastermind turned Evangelical leader, died of a brain hemorrhage on Saturday at the age of 80. Mr. Colson, an attorney who joined the Nixon Administration as special counsel, had a close relationship with the dark, brooding President. Colson hired former CIA operative E. Howard Hunt and together the two plotted to […]