Results tagged “cia”

Cities and towns are reacting and beginning to clean up after Wednesday's tornadoes devastated Central and Western Massachusetts. In the aftermath of the storm, stories about the victims who died are emerging. A Springfield woman died after putting "her 15-year-old daughter in the tub of their Union Street home and (laying) on top of her." An ongoing issue is the lack of electricity. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

When Senator Scott Brown saw what turned out to be fake photos of a dead Osama bin Laden, he was very quick to tell everyone he saw them. Now, he has nothing to say when he can see the actual photos. The CIA has made the actual pictures available to members of the Senate Intelligence and Armed Services Committees. Interested committee members simply have to make an appointment to see them. Brown is a member of the Armed Services Committee and his spokesman wouldn’t say if he would see them. more ›

President Barack Obama will announce shortly that Osama Bin Laden is Dead. Media reports say he was killed in a CIA mission recently in Pakistan. His body is reportedly in U.S. custody. [ABC] more ›

Congressman Michael Capuano recently said it was time to "get a little bloody" in support of unions. He revealed that he's less committed to using the United States military in Libya when he stated, in no uncertain terms, that he opposed the decision by President Obama to involve U.S. troops in implementing a no-fly zone in Libya. more ›

Bostonist has been excited about spy stories (especially Russian spies) for a while now, so of course we eagerly anticipated the premiere of Covert Affairs, a new spy show on the USA network. more ›

• Governor Deval Patrick has called out MBTA "driver" Aiden Quinn and says he should talk to investigators about last week's crash he allegedly caused. [Boston Herald]

Julia Child could do way more than saute. In fact, she could spy on Nazis. The Smith alumna was part of a pre-CIA group called the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), created by FDR. Many other famous folks were involved with the OSS, which trained resistance movements and spied on German and Russian forces during World War II. The news of Child's spy(-ish) status wasn't a secret, but today, the government releases full documentation on Child and other WWII OSS workers, including applications, commendations and notes. Child applied to the agency under her maiden name, McWilliams, was initially hired for clerical work, and later worked for the director of the organization, William Donovan. No word on whether she held big dinner parties for fellow OSS staffers. We always knew there was tension between French and German cooking--looks like the Frenchies have it. more ›