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  • Longtime spy unmasks for retirement ("Jose" Rodriguez, so he can recruit minorities for the CIA)

    08/08/2007 11:48:52 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 13 replies · 1,252+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/8/07 | Katherine Shrader - ap
    WASHINGTON - One of the CIA's top spooks has come out of the shadows. With little fanfare, Jose Rodriguez, who heads the National Clandestine Service, had his cover lifted about a month ago. CIA spokesman Mark Mansfield said the driving factor was his interest in publicly participating in minority recruitment events. He's also retiring later this year after more than three decades with the agency. Rodriguez is the most important man in the U.S. spy game whose name you probably never knew. When he was mentioned publicly before now, he was referred to only as "Jose." Rodriguez became head of...
  • Hong Kong Unmasks In Slow Return To Normality (SARS)

    04/25/2003 12:24:36 PM PDT · by blam · 6 replies · 284+ views
    Independent (UK) ^ | 4-25-2003 | Andrew Gumbel
    Hong Kong unmasks in slow return to normality By Andrew Gumbel 25 April 2003 Hong Kong is still the city worst affected by the outbreak of SARS, but the past few days have seen the first tentative signs of life returning back to normal. The number of probable cases reported by local hospitals peaked about a week ago and has fallen steadily since. Most of Hong Kong's secondary schools reopened this week after a three-week hiatus. Residents who fled the city in panic at the beginning of the outbreak are beginning to trickle back home. Taxi-drivers and bus riders are...