National Security

Study: Passport Officers Can't Tell Some Faces Apart

By Justin Worland

Dam Yankees: U.S. Steps Up Bombing in Northern Iraq

By Mark Thompson

Pentagon Taps Crowdsourcing to Chart Future Threats

By Mark Thompson

Edward Snowden Opens Up

By Sam Frizell
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The U.S.’s Timid Third Iraq War

Air strikes may help, but on their own they won’t turn the tide against ISIS

By Mark Thompson

Experts Warn of Iraq Blowback

ISIS has long threatened America openly — will Obama's strikes inspire it to act?

By Michael Crowley

Why Obama Intervened in Iraq

Hard choices for a gun-shy President

By Michael Crowley

Snowden Granted 3 More Years in Russia

"If I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home," Snowden said in an interview in May.

By Noah Rayman

New Post-Snowden Leaks Reveal Secret U.S. Watch List

The documents are not as highly classified as the materials released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden

By Zeke J Miller

Senate Boosts NSA Reform Bill

Senator Leahy’s USA Freedom Act carries stronger reforms than a version passed out of the House earlier this year

By Denver Nicks

Report: Government Spying Hurts Journalists, Lawyers

A Human Rights Watch and American Civil Liberties Union report suggests NSA snooping prevents sources talking to journalists and compromises the relationships between defense attorneys and their clients

By Denver Nicks

Afghanistan: Awash in Guns, Narcotics

Contrary to law, U.S. military lacks data on nearly half the weapons delivered

By Mark Thompson

Friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Found Guilty

Azamat Tazhayakov is the first of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends to be put on trial for obstructing the investigation

By Nolan Feeney

Snowden: NSA Shared Sexually Explicit Photos

For some agents, Snowden says, the racy images were one of the "fringe benefits of surveillance positions"

By Stephanie Burnett

Alone on Drones

A global opinion poll finds majorities in 39 countries disapprove of U.S. drone strikes

By Dan Kedmey

Uncle Sam Wants to Build a Better Bullet

The Pentagon wants the capability for its snipers, making their goal of "one shot, one kill" even more likely

By Mark Thompson

Latest Terror Threats 'More Frightening Than Anything'

"It's something that gives us really extreme, extreme concern"

By Nolan Feeney

U.S. Stepping Up Scrutiny of China’s Military Moves

Seeks status quo in region without “containing” Beijing

By Mark Thompson

Metaphor Alert! Toxic Environment in Congress

The House side of the building is closed

By Noah Rayman

U.S. Military Sends Scouting Party Into the Twitterverse

Pentagon wants to learn how to mold social media to prevent “adverse outcomes”

By Mark Thompson
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