Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly, The Big Knife, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Flight of the Phoenix, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte and The Dirty Dozen. Read more at Wikipedia


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National News: Feinstein: 'He wants to be exact'

...commuted by President George W. Bush. Cheney told a special prosecutor in 2004 that he had no idea who leaked the information. Aldrich Ames, a 31-year CIA employee, pleaded guilty to espionage charges in 1994 and was sentenced to life in prison. Ames was a...

Details on NSA-thwarted plots coming, lawmaker says

...that information passed along by Ames led to the arrest and execution of Russian officials they had recruited to spy for them. Robert Hanssen pleaded guilty to espionage charges in 2001 in return for the government not seeking the death penalty. Hanssen began...

Details on NSA-thwarted plots coming, lawmaker says

...that information passed along by Ames led to the arrest and execution of Russian officials they had recruited to spy for them. Robert Hanssen pleaded guilty to espionage charges in 2001 in return for the government not seeking the death penalty. Hanssen began...

What's new in the leak controversy?

...that information passed along by Ames led to the arrest and execution of Russian officials they had recruited to spy for them. Robert Hanssen pleaded guilty to espionage charges in 2001 in return for the government not seeking the death penalty. Hanssen began...

National News: NSA leaker gave evidence, British paper says

...her story in the book "Extraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower." In 2003, federal air marshal Robert MacLean anonymously tipped off an MSNBC reporter that because of budget concerns, the TSA was temporarily suspending missions...

Best film noirs of all time, chosen by Tim Robey

...the FBI as equally corrupt, and his use of Thelma Ritter as a brave stool pigeon is mind-blowing. Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Robert Aldrich’s scalding transfer of Mickey Spillane takes no prisoners right from the get-go. Ralph Meeker’s Mike Hammer is one of the...

Events in Connecticut

A guide to cultural and recreational events in Connecticut. Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to ctcal@nytimes.com . Comedy BRIDGEPORT Rodney Laney and Mike Gaffney. June 21 at 8 p.m. $20 and $25. “Vaudeville at the Bi

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I think we owe it to the American people to have a fulsome debate in the open about the extent of these programs ... You have a law that's been interpreted secretly by a secret court that then issues secret orders to generate a secret program. I just don't think this is an American approach to a world in which we have great threats....

in National News: NSA leaker gave evidence, British paper says
Fremont County District - 2013-06-17 02:56:00

In the end, lots of films kind of feel the same once you're standing there in front of the camera, and you're just trying to be convincing and do what you need to do...

in Hollywood Notebook: 'Smash' was a hit for goosebump-inducing Hilty
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