Bush Administration

The LWOT: Somali indicted after secret arrest, interrogation

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 8, 2011

The LWOT: DoJ limits CIA torture inquiry

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 1, 2011

Country First

After a turbulent decade abroad, the Republican Party turns inward.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 17, 2011

It's Evening in America

At the first GOP presidential debate, the Bush-era neoconservative movement seemed as good as dead.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | JUNE 14, 2011

The LWOT: Chicago man convicted of supporting Lashkar-e-Taiba

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JUNE 10, 2011

Unfinished Business

Ten huge challenges Bob Gates leaves behind.

BY GORDON ADAMS | JUNE 3, 2011

The LWOT: Iraqis arrested on terror charges in Kentucky

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JUNE 3, 2011

The LWOT: Terrorism trial begins in Chicago; Florida terrorism suspect to plead not guilty

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 17, 2011

Confessions of a Vulcan

An insider's story of how the Bush administration lost Afghanistan.

BY DOV S. ZAKHEIM | MAY 13, 2011

The LWOT: NYPD arrests two in plot against synagogue; U.S. finds bin Laden "diary"

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 13, 2011

The Few, the Proud, the Unready

Can Afghanistan's army stand on its own?

MAY 10, 2011

The LWOT: U.S. releases bin Laden videos; AQIM lauds bin Laden

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 10, 2011

The LWOT: Al-Qaeda acknowledges bin Laden death

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MAY 6, 2011

Freedom From Fear

Now that he's accomplished the central aim of George W. Bush's foreign policy, Barack Obama can finally get started on his own.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 5, 2011

Tortured Logic

The United States didn't need to waterboard anyone to get Osama bin Laden.

BY MATTHEW ALEXANDER | MAY 4, 2011

Wishful Thinking

Top 10 examples of the most unrealistic expectations in contemporary U.S. foreign policy.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | APRIL 29, 2011

Hope Dies Last in Damascus

Will Bashar al-Assad's brutal crackdown on his citizens finally put an end to a decade of wishful thinking about the Syrian president?

BY JAMES TRAUB | APRIL 29, 2011

The LWOT: 16 dead in Marrakesh bombing; Gitmo lawyer seeks WikiLeaks access

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 29, 2011

The LWOT: Massive cache of Gitmo docs released

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 26, 2011

The Prisoners' Dilemma

Does WikiLeaks' newest document dump tell us anything we don't know about Guantánamo, or is it just another reminder that the United States' least worst place is now its most intractable legal problem? FP asked four experts on military law and interrogation to weigh in on the Gitmo papers.

APRIL 25, 2011

The LWOT: Pakistan arrests two Frenchmen for terror involvement

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 15, 2011

The LWOT: 9/11 plotters to be tried at Guantánamo

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 5, 2011

Is America Addicted to War?

The top 5 reasons why we keep getting into foolish fights.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | APRIL 4, 2011

The LWOT: New data released on FBI terror investigations; Saudi accused of terror plot pleads not guilty

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 29, 2011

The Hard Part

What happens if the Libyan rebels actually win?

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 25, 2011

The LWOT: DOJ announces relaxed Miranda rules; Alleged white supremacist indicted over Spokane bomb

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 25, 2011

The LWOT: Awlaki-linked terror plotter sentenced to 30 years in prison; Brennan hits out at administration critics

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 22, 2011

The LWOT: Musharraf says Britain was complicit in torture; Domestic terrorism arrest made in Alaska

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 15, 2011

Spy Games

Why Pakistan let CIA contractor Raymond Davis go.

BY SCOTT HORTON | MARCH 11, 2011

The LWOT: King hearings open with emotion, rancor; Man with white supremacist ties arrested in Spokane bomb attempt

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | MARCH 11, 2011