The movie about the daring mission to rescue American diplomats from Tehran portrayed a single C.I.A. officer sneaking into the Iranian capital. In reality, the agency sent two officers.
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Kim Jong-un and Putin Plan to Meet in Russia to Discuss Weapons
Russia seeks more weaponry for its war in Ukraine, and a North Korean delegation recently traveled to Russia by train to plan for Mr. Kim’s visit this month, officials say.
China to Its People: Spies Are Everywhere, Help Us Catch Them
As Beijing tries to enlist the “whole of society” to guard against foreign enemies, the line between vigilance and paranoia fades.
Russia Pushes Long-Term Influence Operations Aimed at the U.S. and Europe
A newly declassified American intelligence analysis says Russian spy agencies are using influence laundering techniques to hide the Kremlin’s involvement in cultivating pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine messages.
When Should a Former President Be Charged
What if Donald Trump were someone else?
Global Reaction to Trump Indictment Runs the Gamut
Allies and rivals alike, beholding the messiness of America, must calculate the risks and opportunities in the latest plot twist in Donald Trump’s legal troubles.
Trump’s Indictment Is Unavoidably Political
The prosecutors’ audience is not only the judge and jurors. It is also the American public.
U.S. Releases Details on Iran’s Help With Russian Drone Factory
Washington is trying to raise the pressure on Tehran and make it more difficult to complete the work on the factory, which would enable Russia’s military to produce drones domestically.
At Guantánamo’s Court Like No Other, Progress Is Frustrated by State Secrets
The U.S. government is still sorting out what’s secret in an Indonesian bombing case more than two decades after the attack.
David Miranda, Gay Rights Activist and Snowden Ally in Brazil, Dies at 37
Emerging from Rio’s slums, he helped Edward Snowden reveal classified documents and lobbied for his asylum before rising to his country’s Congress.