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Central Intelligence Agency

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    There's No Eating in Safe House, but Tobin Frost Would Appreciate Al Boccalino

    The Dinner: Pasta and wine at Al Boccalino, 1 Yesler Way, 622-7688, PIONEER SQUARE. The Movie: Safe House at the Meridian, 1501 7th Ave, DOWNTOWN. The Screenplate: Do double agents and CIA operatives ever get hungry? Not according to Safe House, where no food is consumed onscreen over the course ... More >>

  • Film

    November 30, 2011

    The Man Nobody Knew: Secrets and Lies in Washington, D.C.

    The Dinner: Pasta and wine at Al Boccalino, 1 Yesler Way, 622-7688, PIONEER SQUARE. The Movie: Safe House at the Meridian, 1501 7th Ave, DOWNTOWN. The Screenplate: Do double agents and CIA operatives ever get hungry? Not according to Safe House, where no food is consumed onscreen over the course ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    "Silk Road" Website Is the Amazon of the Illegal Drug Market

    ​If one can deal with the technical set of hoops it takes to get there, fans of illegal drug use (who isn't?) can have their minds blown on a little website called Silk Road.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    How the CIA Celebrates Earth Day

    ​Spying on the enemies of America is not a carbon-neutral enterprise. There are invisible-ink spills, greenhouse gases from black helicopters, and of course the secret documents--piles and piles of secret documents. Fortunately, the Central Intelligence Agency has an earth-conscious plan for d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Political Apathy and Rock Music

    Wouldn't be prudent.​ In contrast to his war-mongering son, it's easy now to think of the first George Bush as a kindly and moderate grandfather, the soul of temperance and prudence. But during his presidency it was a different matter. He was regarded as an evil warmonger, a CIA spook and clan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    Should Boeing Repent for Torture Flights?

    ​Pete Jackson over at crosscut.com is trying to make the case against Boeing and its involvement in the CIA rendition flights during the Bush administration - and continued under the Obama administration. While not technically liable (as SW has reported, Boeing's Seattle unit was essentially t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Boeing Co. Invokes National Security to Avoid Claims it was Travel Agent for Torture Flights

    ​In a 6-5 ruling, judges of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday "reluctantly" concluded that five men cannot sue the Boeing Co. for the role its Seattle subsidiary played in helping kidnap and torture the onetime suspected terrorists. Boeing and the Obama administr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Angelina Jolie Has No Time to Cook or Eat

    Jolie shoots before she dines.K.C. Bailey/Sony​The Dinner: Pappardelle and IPA at Volunteer Park Cafe (1501 17th Ave. E.). The Movie: Salt, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: Clocking in at 93 minutes, Salt is an unfussy, efficient summer action movie with just enough twists t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Details Announced for Top Chef Washington D.C.: Eric Ripert For President

    Change I can believe in​Bravo has finally released the vital details on their new season of Top Chef, and this time around the whole show is going to be centered in Washington D.C.--certainly an interesting and cosmopolitan destination, food-wise, and a perfect excuse for the producers to snag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Bombing Death of Dane Paresi, Others, Sparks a New Congressional Look at Blackwater-CIA Contracting

    Dane Paresi, shielded others in blast​The December suicide-bombing by an Al Qaeda double agent that killed former Fort Lewis green beret Dane Paresi and six others at a CIA office in Afghanistan has led to yet another congressional review of Paresi's civilian employer, Xe, formerly known as Bl ... More >>

  • Film

    January 13, 2010

    The Spy Next Door: Jackie Chan and Billy Ray Cyrus Compare Bad Hair

    Dane Paresi, shielded others in blast​The December suicide-bombing by an Al Qaeda double agent that killed former Fort Lewis green beret Dane Paresi and six others at a CIA office in Afghanistan has led to yet another congressional review of Paresi's civilian employer, Xe, formerly known as Bl ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2009

    Burn After Reading

    Dane Paresi, shielded others in blast​The December suicide-bombing by an Al Qaeda double agent that killed former Fort Lewis green beret Dane Paresi and six others at a CIA office in Afghanistan has led to yet another congressional review of Paresi's civilian employer, Xe, formerly known as Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    Boeing Rendition Flights OK'd by Obama

    ​It appears the Boeing Co. will continue to have a job transporting sometimes-innocent American prisoners to sometimes-torturous foreign prisons. It's called rendition, and the Obama government says it will continue the Bush adminstration practice of outsourcing terrorism suspects to third cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    UN Group Tells Congress to Investigate Government's Frequent Flyer/Torturer Deal with Boeing

    Our rendition flights hit many of the hottest destinations! (click to enlarge)​The Lazy B may be lazy when it comes to deadlines for the Dreamliner, but when the CIA says "Fly kidnapped suspects somewhere we can torture them," the company (through its subsidiary, Jeppesen) says, "Yes, sir!" an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    SIFF Review: The Spy and the Sparrow

    This woeful local feature can't decide if it wants to be As the World Turns or The Bourne Identity, those being the chief influences, respectively, on its plot and camera work. Retired CIA agent Thomas Sparrow (David Rasche, from the SIFF-opening In the Loop) hasn't seen his daughter in 26 years. Wh ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    OSS 117: Lost in Rio

    This woeful local feature can't decide if it wants to be As the World Turns or The Bourne Identity, those being the chief influences, respectively, on its plot and camera work. Retired CIA agent Thomas Sparrow (David Rasche, from the SIFF-opening In the Loop) hasn't seen his daughter in 26 years. Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    UW Human Rights Center Gets Green Light, Though No Gas Money

    In a week in which the legislature passed its everything-but-marriage-bill and Barack Obama released the CIA torture memos but said he opposes prosecution of those who enacted the policies, the House passed the bill creating a human rights center at the UW. (We wrote about the bill when it was intro ... More >>

  • Film

    March 18, 2009

    PICK Duplicity: Julia Roberts and Clive Owen Bring Their A-Game

    In a week in which the legislature passed its everything-but-marriage-bill and Barack Obama released the CIA torture memos but said he opposes prosecution of those who enacted the policies, the House passed the bill creating a human rights center at the UW. (We wrote about the bill when it was intro ... More >>

  • Film

    February 11, 2009

    The International: Clive Owen and Naomi Watts Fail Math 101

    In a week in which the legislature passed its everything-but-marriage-bill and Barack Obama released the CIA torture memos but said he opposes prosecution of those who enacted the policies, the House passed the bill creating a human rights center at the UW. (We wrote about the bill when it was intro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Boeing's Rendition Flights Grounded?

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Corn on Macabre

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Respectful Dissent at the Cinema

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Film

    October 8, 2008

    PICK Secrecy: More Bad News About Our Government

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    The Nuking of JFK

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2008

    An Open Letter to the Border Patrol

    Barack Obama's plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp may also bring an end to the rendition flights secretly undertaken by the government with the help of the Boeing Co. in Seattle. The Gitmo order will reportedly include a directive to the CIA to shut down its clandestine global prisons for ... More >>

  • Film

    August 1, 2007

    The Bourne Ultimatum: Matt Damon Is the Anti–Jack Bauer

    In which our hero confronts his programmers in Langley. Bauer would not approve.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2007

    ACLU Sues Boeing

    In which our hero confronts his programmers in Langley. Bauer would not approve.

  • Film

    December 20, 2006

    Wake Me When the Cold War Is Over

    De Niro turns CIA history into a snooze-fest.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Rendition Airways

    De Niro turns CIA history into a snooze-fest.

  • News

    November 29, 2006

    Flog Is My Co-Pilot

    Boeing is alleged to be a travel agent for torture.

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    Caché, Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party, and Syriana

    Colonial guilt, charming stories from Hollywood, and a petro-thriller without a central character to hook us in.

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    It Could Be Worse

    Or not. The Mariners have the lowest team batting average in the league.

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Memo to Mainstream Media

    Or not. The Mariners have the lowest team batting average in the league.

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    Two Views of 9/11

    Whose conspiracy theory to believe: the official one, involving Ahmed Ressam, or those of possible crackpots?

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    "Garfield is not a place where hope is stamped out of young people. It is taught, and learned."

  • News

    March 24, 2004

    The Spy-cific Northwest

    Journalists, sailor, diplomat—spies. Why is Washington so spooky?

  • News

    February 11, 2004

    A Boob Exposed

    Though the real Bush agenda is cover-up.

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Buzz

    The media, Seattle Center, and homeland security.

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    Wilsongate

    The ambassador minced no words in Shoreline in August.

  • News

    August 6, 2003

    Liberators Wanted

    Forgotten hot spots: Where are those CIA agents and Marines when you need 'em?

  • Arts

    March 12, 2003

    Brief Encounters

    Forgotten hot spots: Where are those CIA agents and Marines when you need 'em?

  • News

    February 26, 2003

    Dogs of War and Ignorance

    Forgotten hot spots: Where are those CIA agents and Marines when you need 'em?

  • Film

    January 22, 2003

    Mind Games

    A madcap paean to the missed 'potential' of Gong Show creator Chuck Barris.

  • Film

    June 5, 2002

    Do the right thing

    Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

  • News

    March 20, 2002

    Who Said It?

    Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    War stories

    Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Breeding terror

    Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

  • News

    December 9, 1998

    How it is

    Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    The
    C(ocaine)
    I(mportation)
    A(gency)

    Drug dealing only begins to tell the story of the CIA's handiwork.

  • News

    May 13, 1998

    Enough is enough

    Drug dealing only begins to tell the story of the CIA's handiwork.

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