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How Will Smith's 'Men in Black 3' Almost Became a Disaster Movie - Newsweek
According to a source close to the production, who requested not to be identified, Smith's notoriously exacting method of working through a screenplay—breaking down a script scene by scene with a laptop computer on set and demanding “last say” on ...
The Flame-Haired Martyr - Newsweek
As a source close to the family told Newsweek, “When you're facing charges, your loyalty is tested.” Her loyalty will indeed be tested, but Brooks is a wild card, capable of immense compassion, particularly for herself. Which leaves the question: how ...
The Body Bomb Menace - Newsweek
“It was almost like something you'd see in Scientific American,” the source said. (In military parlance, the bomb is called a “surgically implanted improvised explosive device,” or SIIED.) A diagram with arrows and blocks of text explained the surgical ...
'El Chapo' Guzmán, Mexico's Most Powerful Drug Lord - Newsweek
A source close to the cartel leadership says intelligence for the operation also came from Loya-Castro. In essence, it seems he had helped the Americans put a feather in their cap, while killing off one of his master's worst enemies.
Obama Team to Break Silence on al-Awlaki Killing - Newsweek
“We need to show we're different,” said one senior official, who declined to be named. “If you let these things fester, they become part of the narrative.” In the end, there was a consensus that the best vehicle would be an upcoming speech on ...
Sunnis and Shiites Head Toward a Showdown in Iraq - Newsweek
A former senior Iraqi official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, says he has seen documents indicating that the Saudi government has begun funding Sunni leaders to push for an autonomous region. ...
Penn State to Get Hit With Civil Suit, Sources Say - Newsweek
A second lawyer who requested anonymity told The Daily Beast he was representing another alleged victim. Eight victims of alleged sexual predator Sandusky, the 67-year-old former Penn State assistant football coach, have been listed in a grand jury ...
Newsweek Story Spurs Leak Investigation - Newsweek
News of the probe, first reported by the National Journal, was confirmed Thursday to The Daily Beast by two US officials who asked not to be named. These officials say the CIA submitted what is known as a crime report after the publication of the ...
Is Europe's Troubled Marriage Doomed? - Newsweek
One of the most powerful officials involved in extricating Europe from the crisis, speaking on background, says one of the reasons the crisis has been so difficult to resolve is that in Europe, ancient hatreds and mistrust between countries always lie ...
Coup Tip A Fake, Official Says - Newsweek
This report is absolutely baseless and untrue,” says the senior official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the subject. “This was a plan by the security to arrest people they suspect. It's a precaution to mobilize in the ...
The Survivor - Newsweek
“He was quiet, but he could [also] be very witty, very engaging,” one friend who regularly attended parties with the prince told me on condition of anonymity. “He would tell these interesting stories about his life as a child, about meeting the ...
How DSK Will Fight Back - Newsweek
Now sources familiar with Strauss-Kahn's case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, say the defense could speculate that the encounter went bad when housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo discovered she would not receive any money after oral sex with the ...
Fascist Russia? - Newsweek
“We will do everything in our power to crush this sickness in our society,” says one of Putin's top aides who is not authorized to speak on the record. “And we will not react well to any criticism from the West while we are doing it. ...
The Maid's Tale - Newsweek
The New York Post published stories attributed to an anonymous source that claimed Diallo was at least a part-time prostitute. Her lawyers, Kenneth Thompson and Douglas Wigdor, are now suing the Post, saying the story is false. ...
North Korea's Meth Export - Newsweek
“People with chronic disease take it until they're addicted,” says one worker for a South Korea-based NGO, who requested anonymity in order to avoid jeopardizing his work with defectors. “They take it for things like cancer. ...
Intelligence Test - Newsweek
“Bin Laden needed killing, and I am glad he is dead,” says another veteran American operative—let's call him Mr. Mum, because he's not authorized to speak on the record. “But bin Laden is what he was: this old guy who got lucky on 9/11, ...
Inside the Bid for U.N. Recognition of Palestine - Newsweek
The official declined to be identified. But Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for Obama's National Security Council, was willing to be quoted by name. He said the conversations with Abbas and Clinton were shorter than Abbas maintains and insisted that Obama ...
The Jihadi High School - Newsweek
(Those who spoke to NEWSWEEK asked that we not use their real names; we learned about others by talking to their relatives, who requested anonymity for safety's sake.) This year Waliullah is going back to Afghanistan with three or four other poets, ...
John McCain: Back on the Battlefield - Newsweek
“He was white-hot angry,” says an associate who requested anonymity to candidly describe encounters with McCain. “At everybody—himself, the media, the staff, the world.” He now sounds philosophical; after all, he has been through this before. ...
When Strongmen Become Straw Men - Newsweek
“These could become nonstate areas,” says the intelligence officer, who is not authorized to speak on the record. “They could become North Africa's version of FATA”—Pakistan's untamed Federally Administered Tribal Areas, where Osama bin Laden's key ...
The Facebook Freedom Fighter - Newsweek
Admin 2, who asked not to be named—“I'm the guy who's the backup in case something really horrible happens,” he said in a Skype call with NEWSWEEK—had his ...
How Wael Ghonim Sparked Egypt's Uprising - Newsweek
Admin 2, who asked not to be named—“I'm the guy who's the backup in case something really horrible happens,” he said in a Skype call with NEWSWEEK—had his ...
Inside the Killing Machine - Newsweek
When NEWSWEEK asked the administration for comment, a US official who declined to be identified addressing such a sensitive subject said: “These CT ...
The State Department's School for Revolutionary Bloggers - Newsweek
The Egyptian activist (who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal from the Mubarak regime) listened to the presentation alongside about two dozen ...
Bono's Silicon Valley Soap Opera - Newsweek
... is bailing out and fighting with Elevation's leader, Roger McNamee, over his share of the firm's profits, according to a person close to the company. ...