But it reflects a sensibility that runs through “The Spymasters,” Chris Whipple ’s genial, engaging portrait of the men and one woman who have run the C.I.A. over the past six decades.

The makers of “The Spymasters” are, from left, brother directors Gédéon Naudet and Jules Naudet and, behind them, writer Chris Whipple. Their interviews with CIA directors will air on Saturday.

THE SPYMASTERS ARE ALL TOO HUMAN...THEIR SUCCESSES OFTEN SECRET - THEIR MISTAKES EXPOSED AND MAGNIFIED. NEWS REPORTER: The scandal comes at a sensitive time for Petraeus and the CIA.

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Showtime announced today at the TCA Summer Press Tour that it will premiere The Spymasters, a documentary that goes inside the workings of the CIA, the world’s most powerful and clandestine spy agency ...

You don’t expect a lot of laughs from “The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs,” especially given the confluence of content and current events. And you don’t get them. Still, it’s hard not ...

Spymasters —the title seems ironic, in retrospect—has the obligatory rehashing of CIA renditions, secret prisons and harsh interrogations. The deaths of two prisoners in the CIA's hands is ...

THE SPYMASTERS ARE ALL TOO HUMAN...THEIR SUCCESSES OFTEN SECRET - THEIR MISTAKES EXPOSED AND MAGNIFIED. NEWS REPORTER: The scandal comes at a sensitive time for Petraeus and the CIA.

Spymasters are recruiting Mandarin speakers following the Prince Andrew spy scandal. They are being offered starting salaries of £37-43,000 at MI5 and MI6 in London, as well as at GCHQ in ...

ISLAMABAD, Oct 8 It was an unusual dinner hosted by Javed Noor, the chief of the Intelligence Bureau, at a “safe house” of the civilian spy agency that brought together 13 former spymasters of ...

Franklin and Washington were America’s first spymasters. As a founder of the Continental Congress’ Committee on Secret Correspondence, Franklin established an intelligence network in 1775.