National Security Agency

Brad Meltzer's "The Fifth Assassin"

Brad Meltzer, Miami Author and TV Host, Releases Assassination-Themed Novel Just In Time For Inauguration Week

For two years, a slight, balding man in Miami has hunched over his desk, making dozens of calls a day peppered with phrases custom-built to perk up Secret Service ears: "assassination," "president," "John Wilkes Booth." This week, just days before Obama is sworn in for his second term, his fiendish ... More >>

Carl Scalise: "Congress Must Take Action" to Bust the Mafia

​Carl Scalise is not afraid of the Mafia. Concrete boots don't faze him, and neither does sleeping with the fishes. We met him yesterday outside Miami New Times offices on Biscayne Boulevard protesting the Mafia, and fighting for your freedom."For the past 7 years I've been fighting the Mafia," he ... More >>

Surveillance Nation: Five Companies in Florida That May Help the Government Spy On You

​Earlier this month, New Times reported on how South Florida cops routinely track people through their cell phone signals without getting a warrant first. Like cops around the country, they can do so thanks to a Melbourne, Florida-based company called Harris Corp. that makes cell phone spying devi ... More >>

Knight and Day: Tom Cruise, please stop talking

The Hard Lunch Bunch

Old Miami spooks discuss former times and pending threats

Starr Chamber

Twice Exiled

Bernardo Benes helped free hundreds of Cuban political prisoners twenty years ago. Hardliners in Miami hate him for it.

Uncertain Justice

Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

The Size of Their Toys

COPEX separates the men from the boys

The Man Who Armed Iraq