For all its reputation for gamesmanship and whingeing, Italian sport has frequently been a means of enriching, even saving, lives: think of Gino Bartali, the great cyclist of the 1940s and 50s who, during the war, worked with the Jewish resistance, carrying clandestine documents in the tubes of his bicycle.
A1 Swiss Paper Leak Investigated Switzerland has begun criminal investigations to track down the source of a leak to the Zurich-based newspaper SonntagsBlick of what it reported was a secret document referring to clandestine C.I.A. prisons in Eastern Europe.
The sender of the envelopes was no doubt a bona fide member of the US intelligence community, with access to "top secret" documents, intent on establishing a clandestine relationship with a foreign intelligence service.
THERE are moments in history when everything interesting seems to take place indoors: clandestine meetings, documents being signed, objects and discoveries being made in private studios and ateliers.
Mr. Paglen, who holds advanced degrees in both art and geography, is best known for his innovative use of long-range astronomical photography to document clandestine United States military activities on earth.
The scheme was to consist of such things as disinformation, placement of fake documents, clandestine operations against WikiLeaks supporter Glenn Greenwald, and "cyber attacks against the infrastructure to get data on document submitters".
They organized private meetings and clandestine flights and ferried documents in unmarked three-ring binders.
Leaked documents and clandestine interviews with affected populations along the project route in Burma confirm that the Burmese military is responsible for guarding the pipelines and related infrastructure, and for committing serious human rights violations in connection to the projects.
"These interrogation methods are integral to the U.S.G.'s interrogation program" and are therefore considered top secret, said the C.I.A. declaration, written by Wendy M. Hilton, an officer in the agency's clandestine service who reviews documents for public release.
Orchestrated in the late 1970's by a hippie music teacher named Hans Fenger, the scratchy recording sounded like a document of a clandestine event, as if Mr. Bowie's song had been co-opted for a cult ceremony.
