Tim Weiner

Washington correspondent for Philadelphia Inquirer who now covers the nation's intelligence agencies for the New York Times.

Tim Weiner appears in the following:

Why the FBI and CIA Can't Just Get Along

Friday, December 16, 2016

Differing conclusions about Russian involvement in the US election are just the latest example of the longstanding friction between the FBI and CIA.

A Brief History of U.S. Intervention in Foreign Elections

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The CIA has revealed that Russia deliberately interfered with the November election to help Donald Trump. Yet, intervening in foreign election is nothing new, particularly to the U.S.

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Why Was Nixon So Paranoid?

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

A new book portrays Nixon as a tortured, brilliant man who led the country according to a deep-seated insecurity and distrust of his cabinet, Congress, and the American population. 

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FBI Rebranding?

Friday, January 10, 2014

In an article for Foreign Policy’s ‘The Cable”, reporter John Hudson noted a substitution in the FBI’s fact sheet: its primary function had been changed from ‘law enforcement’ to ‘national security.’ Brooke talks to Tim Weiner, author of Enemies: A History of the FBI, about this not so new mission statement. 

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Ex-FBI Agent That Disappeared in Iran Actually on Rogue CIA Mission

Friday, December 13, 2013

More than 6 years ago, Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent, disappeared in Iran. He has been presumed to be a hostage of some kind, a designation that the U.S. government has not take...

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Boston Bombing: Was There an Intelligence System Failure?

Friday, April 26, 2013

Tim Weiner, author of "Enemies: A History of the FBI" and "Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA" explains how terrorist threats are identified, and how information is, or is not sh...

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Obama's C.I.A Nominee John O. Brennan Has "Personal Objections" to Torture

Friday, February 08, 2013

At his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday, John O. Brennan tried to restore Americans' faith in the C.I.A. While Brennan expressed his disapproval for torture, he staunchly defended the C.I.A.'s drone program.

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Despite Resigning, Petraeus Will Testify on Benghazi

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Former CIA Director David Petraeus resigned on Friday, hoping to get in front of the scandal involving Paula Broadwell before it thrust him any further into the spotlight. But Congres...

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The Legacy of Charles Colson: From Prison to Preaching

Monday, April 23, 2012

Charles W. Colson, Watergate mastermind turned Evangelical leader, died of a brain hemorrhage on Saturday at the age of 80. Colson, special counsel to the Nixon Administration, served...

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Secret Service Agents to be Investigated for Misconduct

Monday, April 16, 2012

Eleven Secret Service employees are accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel in Cartagena ahead of President Obama's visit for a summit in Colombia. The agents and officers have been placed on leave while the agency investigates their conduct. Although prostitution is legal in parts of Colombia and no law was broken, if the reports are true, the employees still violated rules of conduct. Tim Weiner, author of "Enemies: A History of the FBI," has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his work on national security. Weiner explains what happened and why the employees' alleged indiscretions could have put the President Obama's life at risk.

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Tim Weiner on His History of the FBI

Monday, February 20, 2012

Tim Weiner offers the first definitive history of the FBI’s secret intelligence operations. Enemies: A History of the FBI is the story of how presidents have used the FBI, and Weiner exposes the hidden history of America’s hundred-year war on terror, in which the FBI has fought against terrorists, spies, and anyone it deemed subversive.

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The Secret History of FBI Counterintelligence

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Since its founding, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has grappled with how to balance personal liberty and national security. The bureau grew exponentially in the years following World War I, as the country became increasingly terrified by the communist threat. The fear of communism often served as a guide for J. Edgar Hoover, the man who built the FBI and ran the Bureau for more than 40 years.

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The CIA After Bin Laden's Death

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Legacy of Ashes author Tim Weiner joins us to look at how the death of Osama Bin Laden changes the public profile of the CIA. We’ll also look at the agency’s long history of targeted killings.

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The CIA's Worst Mistakes

Monday, July 16, 2007

Some of the CIA's biggest blunders have been buried for years in top-secret archives. Now hundreds of those papers have been made public. Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent Tim Weiner writes about the CIA's worst mistakes in the new book Legacy of Ashes.

Legacy of Ashes is available for ...

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TV News vs. Newspapers (hour 1); Covering the Intelligence Community (hour 2)

Sunday, April 16, 1995

Your paper vs. your TV news: Who does it better?

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