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The CIA Is Still Running Amok, The History Of The Penny, It's Time To Get A New Watch, This Japanese Man Is Better At Wrapping Gifts Than You, Why James Cameron's 'Aliens' Is The Best Movie About Technology, Is Venmo Really The Best Way To Stalk People? The Daily Digg Thursday, December 11, 2014 WHEN LYING IS YOUR BUSINESS The CIA Is Still Running Amok politico.com Officers of the CIA's clandestine service working overseas are compelled to be a kind of legal criminal. Their crucial job — before Sept. 11 — was to convince foreigners to commit treason. But when they got back to Washington, they had to tell the truth to their fellow Americans. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN The History Of The Penny digg.com Everything you wanted to know about that useless coin you don't even care to scoop out from the bottom of your sofa. PRODUCTS WE DIGG SPONSORED It's Time To Get A New Watch mvmtwatches.com Time is money, but that doesn't mean your watch has to be. MVMT has great watches for great prices (even greater now that everything on the site is 10% off). THE O.G. OF ORIGAMI GIFT WRAPPING This Japanese Man Is Better At Wrapping Gifts Than You digg.com In fairness, most people are terrible at gift wrapping and end up looking like they just went to war with a tape dispenser. Let this guy show you how to make it look easy. STOP YOUR GRINNIN' AND DROP YOUR LINEN Why James Cameron's 'Aliens' Is The Best Movie About Technology medium.com "There are not many films on any topic that pull off the trifecta of big ideas, great moviemaking and deep human resonance, let alone manage to be about technology." FOLLOW THE MONEY Is Venmo Really The Best Way To Stalk People? digg.com Writer Chiara Atik has a hobby — spying on the financial transactions of friends and strangers. She thinks that Venmo, more than any other social media site, is the place you can find actual, accidental truth online. This week the "Reply All" podcast investigates that claim. Read more on Digg.com → SILENCING THE OPPOSITION, LITERALLY An opposition activist is detained by Cuban security officers before the start of a march marking International Human Rights Day in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The march was organized by the "Damas de Blanco," or Women in White, a pro-democracy group of women activists. The demonstrators where picked up by the police as soon as they arrived, while hundreds of pro-government loyalist sang patriotic songs and slogans. Credit: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014