Robert Hanssen

John Hockenberry visits the new spying exhibit at the Discovery Center in Times Square. He peruses hundreds of artifacts from the CIA, FBI, and National Reconnaissance Office with  Tim Weiner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former New York Times reporter who wrote the definitive history of the CIA.

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 […]

Coming up, the FBI has finally purged hundreds of Islamophobic counter-terrorism training documents about Muslims. Wired’s Spencer Ackerman joins The Takeaway with more about the documents–and how the FBI is changing its practices.