Intelligence

No Joke

Burma's famous comedian-cum-activist explains why he can forgive but refuses to forget.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Cairo's Undercover Strongman

Meet Murad Muwafi, the most important man in Egypt you’ve never heard of.

BY MAGDY SAMAAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The Ten Biggest American Intelligence Failures

BY URI FRIEDMAN | JANUARY 3, 2012

The LWOT: Tarek Mehanna convicted on all charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | JANUARY 3, 2012

The LWOT: Government approves military custody for terrorist suspects

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 16, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

Iran Has America's Super Spy Drone. So What?

Getting caught every once in a while is all part of the intelligence game.

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The LWOT: AP report describes secret CIA prison in Romania

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The LWOT: Norway's anti-terrorism laws tested in conspiracy case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Twitter vs. the KGB

Can social media save a journalist in trouble in a place like Kyrgyzstan?

BY NATALIA YEFIMOVA-TRILLING | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The End of FARC?

Why the killing of the Colombian insurgency's leader is a real chance for peace.

BY SILKE PFEIFFER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The End of the Innocents

How America's longtime man in Southeast Asia, Jim Thompson, fought to stop the CIA's progression from a small spy ring to a large paramilitary agency -- and was never seen again.

BY JOSHUA KURLANTZICK | NOVEMBER 3, 2011

The LWOT: Basque separatist group renounces violence

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 21, 2011

The LWOT: Government kill list approved by secret committee - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 7, 2011

Unilaterally Assured Destruction

If it's possible to deter terrorist attacks, why hasn't the United States adopted this strategy as a core principle of the war on terror?

BY BARRY PAVEL, MATTHEW KROENIG | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Return of the Renditioned

A Libyan rebel commander claims he was captured and tortured by the CIA. Who else has surfaced from the murky depths of the war on terror's list of the condemned?

BY KATHERINE HAWKINS | SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Is There a Map to the Future?

The former head of the U.S. National Intelligence Council explains why governments try -- and fail -- to see over the horizon.

BY ROBERT HUTCHINGS | AUGUST 31, 2011

The Long War's Long Tail

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's new book, Bin Laden's Legacy, wonders which side actually is winning the war on terror.

BY J.M. BERGER | AUGUST 30, 2011

Ten More WikiLeaks You Missed

From the Indian April Fools cable to Hanoi's sexy discos to China's dangerous nuclear plants, Julian Assange's hits just keep on coming.

AUGUST 30, 2011

The Myth of Anwar al-Awlaki

One of America's most-wanted Islamist radicals was once a humble, mainstream preacher who became enraged by the war on terror. At least, that's the story some people are selling.

BY J.M. BERGER | AUGUST 10, 2011

Norway's Oklahoma City?

The real question is: Why are big terrorist attacks so rare?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | JULY 22, 2011

Less Is More

Cutting U.S. military aid to Pakistan might be just what the world's most frustrating alliance needs.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 22, 2011

The Mullah Krekar Show

Is this the man behind the Oslo terrorist bombing?

BY J.M. BERGER | JULY 22, 2011

This Week at War: Petraeus's Next Campaign

The new CIA chief will take on the covert war in Pakistan.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | JULY 15, 2011

A Shot in the Back

The CIA's fake vaccination program in Abbottabad is an outrage. But what's important to remember is that even Osama bin Laden wanted to vaccinate his kids.

BY ALANNA SHAIKH | JULY 13, 2011

The South China Sea's Georgia Scenario

The U.S. can't risk overplaying its hand in China's disputes with its neighbors.

BY LYLE GOLDSTEIN | JULY 11, 2011

For the Love of Money

From whiskey to nuclear secrets, North Korea plays a remarkably entrepreneurial role in international affairs for a Communist regime.

BY SIMON HENDERSON | JULY 7, 2011

The WikiLeaks You Missed

From blatant bribery in India to Hugo Chávez’s war on Domino’s pizza, here are the highlights from the last four months of the secret State Department cables.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 1, 2011

Faulty Intelligence

David Petraeus will be the next CIA chief. But is he the right man for the job?

BY JOSHUA ROVNER | JUNE 22, 2011

Suspicious Minds

Is Ilan Grapel an Israeli spy, or an innocent victim of Egypt's overactive imagination?

BY MAX STRASSER | JUNE 16, 2011