John Dinges is former National Public Radio managing editor and Washington Post special correspondent in Chile John Dinges is the author of three widely praised books on Latin America, including, most recently, The Condor Years: How Pinochet and his Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents. Code Name Blue Wren: The True Story of America’s Most Dangerous Female Spy and the Sister She Betrayed (Hanover Square Press 2023), 351 pages.
The return of Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera to prison has revived an old confrontation between religious influence and judicial authority. His contempt case, examined alongside landmark rulings from Sri Lanka, Britain, the
by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagri Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha has urged Sri Lanka’s Commissioner-General of Prisons not to remove the robe of Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera while he is serving his prison sentence, arguing
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s return to Sri Lanka brings renewed attention not only to the financial investigation surrounding the Siriliya Saviya
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, whose arrest and imprisonment followed the confirmation of his prison sentence by Sri Lanka’s Court
Ana Belen Montes, the most effective and damaging Cuban spy known to have penetrated U.S. intelligence, was a major warrior in the long nasty war between the United States and its communist
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