CIA's Black Bag Squads

When wiretaps won't do, the CIA's 'black bag' squads get data the old-fashioned way 
Joshua Kopstein

CIA's Ex-Con Code Thief Reflects On His Career

From NPR:

"NEAL CONAN, HOST:
An elite team of CIA operatives flies overseas, breaks into foreign embassies and steals secret codes, all without leaving a trace. While that might sound like the plotline of a Hollywood film, former CIA officer Doug Groat conducted such missions until he questioned his superiors about sloppy procedures on one operation that almost cost him and his team their freedom or maybe their lives. The battle that ensued between Groat and the CIA led to charges of espionage and extortion and four years in prison. Doug Groat joins us now from member station WUOT in Knoxville. Nice to have you with us today."

CIA's Ex-Con Code Thief Reflects On His Career, National Public Radio, October 15, 2012

The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue, Smithsonian Magazine, October 2012

Torture Creep

"Why are more Americans accepting Bush-era policies than ever before?"

 Torture Creep by Amy Zegart, Foreign Policy, September 25, 2012