Valin Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Townhall:Austin Bay 7/28/10Events this month opened three windows into the mirror world of espionage and covert operations.The three windows are opaque and narrow, but that's always the case with the spy business, a shadowy enterprise where the source (or sources) of light should also be regarded with suspicion.Window One, Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri's return to Iran, is reminiscent of a Cold War spy novel where double agents steal, deal and often die. This current affair, however, involves a flesh-and-blood human being, not a character, and the driving issue behind the incident, the Iranian dictatorship's intent to build nuclear weapons, may result in a deadly war.The Washington Post opened Window Two when it ran a series of articles examining America's ever-expanding intelligence bureaucracies.Window Three on the world of mirrors may be the most intriguing: the WikiLeaks scandal, involving the unauthorized Internet release of thousands of U.S. government documents. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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