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Black Bag: Not Much To See Here

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Black Bag is being hailed by critics as highly sophisticated cinematic fare — rather than an unambitious rush job by a talented director eager to move on to his next, similarly unsatisfying project.

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The Politics of Thrillers

Praveen Tummalapalli Current Affairs
Under the slick suits and high tension shootouts, America’s favorite thrillers are hiding something.

This Really Is Big Brother: The Leak Nobody's Noticed

Digby Hullabaloo
The Insider Threat Program is sweeping in its reach. It has received scant public attention even though it extends beyond the U.S. national security bureaucracies to most federal departments and agencies nationwide, including the Peace Corps, the Social Security Administration and the Education and Agriculture departments. It emphasizes leaks of classified material, but catchall definitions of “insider threat” give agencies latitude to pursue and penalize a range conduct
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