Spy Jokes

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday voiced dissatisfaction over the role of the country's powerful spy agency ISI during a major sit-in last year, saying "you are a top agency, don't make a joke out of the country."

The spring of 2017 is maybe not the best time to be Russian in Washington.

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the US capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both a very visible and accepted part of everyday life.

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday voiced dissatisfaction over the role of the country's powerful spy agency ISI during a major sit-in last year, saying "you are a top agency, don't make a joke out of the country."

The spring of 2017 is maybe not the best time to be Russian in Washington.

In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and the US capital, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for "No Such Agency." But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency's looming presence was both a very visible and accepted part of everyday life.