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The Anticipatron: Clash of the Titans, Salt, & The Slammin' Salmon

Let's find out which of the newest trailers are quickening our pulse with The... more

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Prince Albert's secrets under threat from rebel spy

Everyone wants to make friends with Albert, the prince of Monaco, the fairytale,... more

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Cult Sixties TV series "The Prisoner" Returns; Welcome Back NO.6!

It was the cult Sixties television show that intrigued and enthralled a generation of... more

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CIA WANTS TO READ YOUR BLOG

U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets... more

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MI5 History Book Stirs Debate On Spy Secrets

The British publisher Penguin launched an unusual book Monday — an authorized... more

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Blackwater Operatives Infiltrated Ron Paul Campaign And Posed As Journalists To Gather Info

Russia Today talks about the Blackwater Operatives from the CIA that infiltrated Ron... more

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yeah... "strayed" across the border... RIGHT!

AP writes... "TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Tuesday the three Americans who strayed... more

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Ex MI5 officer now living as a woman

Former spy, David Shayler has uncovered himself as a transvestite called Delores.... more

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Big brother is watching: The technologies that keep track of you

Here is a short list of some of the ways Big Brother can keep an eye on you.... more

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Obama looks to colleges for future spies

To the list of collegiate types — nerds, jocks, Greeks — add one more: spies in training. The government is hoping they'll be hard to spot.

The Obama administration has proposed the creation of an intelligence officer training program in colleges and universities that would function much like the Reserve Officers' Training Corps run by the military services. The idea is to create a stream "of first- and second-generation Americans, who already have critical language and cultural knowledge, and prepare them for careers in the intelligence agencies," according to a description sent to Congress by Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair.

In recent years, the CIA and other intelligence agencies have struggled to find qualified recruits who can work the streets of the Middle East and South Asia to penetrate terrorist groups and criminal enterprises. The proposed program is an effort to cultivate and educate a new generation of career intelligence officers from ethnically and culturally diverse backgrounds. Under the proposal, part of the administration's 2010 intelligence authorization bill, colleges and universities would apply for grants that would be used to expand or introduce courses of study to "meet the emerging needs of the intelligence community." Those courses would include certain foreign languages, analysis and specific scientific and technical fields.

The students' participation in the program would probably be kept secret to prevent them from being identified by foreign intelligence services, according to an official familiar with the proposal.

Students attending participating colleges and universities who agree to take the specialized courses would apply to the national intelligence director for admittance to the program, whose administrators would select individuals "competitively" for financial assistance. Much like the support provided to those in the military programs, the financial assistance could include "a monthly stipend, tuition assistance, book allowances and travel expenses," according to the proposal. It also would involve paid summer internships at one or more intelligence agencies.

Applicants to the intelligence training program would have to pass a security background investigation, although it is unclear when they would have to do so. Students who receive a certain amount of financial assistance would be obligated to serve in an intelligence agency for the same length of time as they received their subsidy.To the list of collegiate types — nerds, jocks, Greeks — add one more: spies in... more