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NPR's Barbara Bradley cruises Washington, D.C., sites linked with espionage on a bus tour run by former spies and spy catchers.

People sampled from Houston and Kansas City offer comments about President Bush's budget address last night.

British novelist A.S. Byatt. Her novel Possession was a bestseller, and her novella Angels & Insects was turned into an arthouse film. Byatts new novel is The Biographers Tale (Knopf). This interview was recorded before a live audience at the Free Public Library in Philadelphia.

NPR's David Welna reports on the battle lines being drawn in Congress in the aftermath of President Bush's budget proposal that was sent to Capitol Hill this morning. Reaction to the president's speech last night predictably fell along partisan lines, and today's skirmishing over the details was not much different.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr doesn't see much hope for bipartisanship in negotiations over the Bush budget.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews Teresa Sterne: A Portrait (Nonesuch) a tribute album to Teresa Sterne, a musical prodigy who took over Nonesuch Records in the early 60s and turned it into the respected label it is today. Sterne died last December of Lou Gehrigs disease.

When 91-year-old Ezell Holley checked in a budget motel due to Texas' storms, he made the most of it — calling it the "Waldorf Astoria." The real hotel in Rome invited Holley to stay at their venue.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports an FBI agent has been charged with spying for Moscow for more than 15 years. Robert Philip Hanssen is accused of trading highly classified information for cash and diamonds.

February 24th marks the 10th anniversary of the use of ground forces during the Gulf War. NPRs Neal Conan talks with two former lieutenants who were tank platoon leaders with the 24th Infantry Division: Alex Verdon and Greg Downey. The two were just out of college and leading platoons for the first time. They tell their story in the new book, The Eyes of Orion.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Samson Shekhar Chauhan of the Lutheran Maritime Ministries about his work assisting crew members unable to leave ships because of COVID restrictions and shipping delays.