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Steve Hirsch

Defense

CIA effort to beef up recruiting begins to pay off

The CIA’s accelerated efforts to hire spies and analysts since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are starting to show results.

Defense

CIA performance disputed as Congress plans hearings

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks surprised the United States, but whether that was because of intelligence failure or the difficulties of snooping on terrorist plots is a matter of disagreement among former and current intelligence professionals.