Morning Edition for January 3, 2019 Hear the Morning Edition program for January 3, 2019

Morning EditionMorning Edition

CIA Director Gina Haspel, speaking at the University of Louisville in September, says she wants to send more undercover officers overseas. Many in the intelligence world says this has become more challenging in an era of universal surveillance. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Timothy D. Easley/AP

National Security

CIA Chief Pushes For More Spies Abroad; Surveillance Makes That Harder

CIA Director Gina Haspel wants more undercover officers overseas. But in an age of universal surveillance, instant online searches and social media profiles, staying below the radar is a challenge.

R. Kelly onstage in Brooklyn in September 2015. Mike Pont/Getty Images hide caption

toggle caption
Mike Pont/Getty Images

Making 'Surviving R. Kelly': A Conversation With Executive Producer Dream Hampton

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/681851521/681851522" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

CIA Director Gina Haspel, speaking at the University of Louisville in September, says she wants to send more undercover officers overseas. Many in the intelligence world says this has become more challenging in an era of universal surveillance. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption

toggle caption
Timothy D. Easley/AP

CIA Chief Pushes For More Spies Abroad; Surveillance Makes That Harder

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/679167999/681851607" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff and his wife, Ruth, display a T-shirt on his return home to the U.S. after being arrested in Moscow in 1986. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption

toggle caption
Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

The Case Of Paul Whelan Draws Parallels To U.S. Journalist's 1986 Arrest In Moscow

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/681851556/681851557" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Talitha Saunders and AJ Ikamoto tidy their ambulance at the end of a recent shift. The two work as emergency medical responders in Oregon with American Medical Response in Portland. Leaders there are working to prevent any race-based disparities in treatment. Kristian Foden-Vencil/Oregon Public Broadcasting hide caption

toggle caption
Kristian Foden-Vencil/Oregon Public Broadcasting

Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias

  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/676039371/681851613" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
  • Transcript

Searching for a song you heard between stories? We've retired music buttons on these pages. Learn more here.

Morning EditionMorning Edition