By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
Nothing is so much of a boys' club as a James Bond movie. That is, except when Judi Dench is on screen.

If you just looked at the cast and crew of "Skyfall," you could easily confuse the assembled talent for a prestige costume drama. Director Sam Mendes, actors Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes, and cinematographer Roger Deakins might just as easily be mounting a Shakespeare adaptation.
If you just looked at the cast and crew of "Skyfall," you could easily confuse the assembled talent for a prestige costume drama. Director Sam Mendes, actors Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes, and cinematographer Roger Deakins might just as easily be mounting a Shakespeare adaptation.
Celebrating his 50th birthday, James Bond has been learning some new tricks _ but 3-D isn't one of them.
In an Oct. 3 story about the James Bond franchise, The Associated Press erroneously reported that all of MGM's owners booked a loss on $5 billion in loans to the studio backing the franchise. In fact, whether the owners gain or lose in the deal will depend on how much they can reap from their ownership stakes and for how much they obtain the bonds.
Over the last 50 years, the owners of the James Bond movie franchise have had heart-stopping crises as thrilling as the ones that face their fictional secret agent.
Screen spy James Bond is returning next year in a new movie called "Skyfall" with a star-studded cast, producers said Thursday.

Ah, Mr. Bond, we've been waiting for you — and at last 007 is back, several years after his last screen adventure.
Ah, Mr. Bond, we've been waiting for you _ and at last 007 is back, several years after his last screen adventure.
"It's 17 years of working with one of the most extraordinary actresses ever," says Bond producer Barbara Broccoli.
"We're not going to let him get away," she says. "We want him to keep making these films as long as he's willing."