Intelligence

The LWOT: Odaini to return to Yemen; U.K. under pressure on interrogations

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JULY 1, 2010

Bank Shot

Nine years after 9/11, getting between extremist groups and their funding remains an uphill struggle.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 21, 2010

Gasbags

Politicians, oilmen, and green-energy boosters love to invoke the idea of energy security. None of them know what they're talking about.

BY MICHAEL LEVI | JUNE 15, 2010

Hapless Doesn't Mean Harmless

Burma has a nuclear program. It's a mess, but it's still a nuclear program.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 14, 2010

Crazy Like a Fox

In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?

BY ELIZABETH RUBIN | JUNE 8, 2010

Drone Wars

The Obama administration won't tell the truth about America's new favorite weapon -- but that doesn't mean its critics are right.

BY C. CHRISTINE FAIR | MAY 28, 2010

Lula's Tehran Misadventure

In the last days of his tenure, the Brazilian president is reaching for his crowning foreign-policy glory. Will it go horribly, horribly wrong?

BY PAULO SOTERO | MAY 11, 2010

The LWOT: U.S. Confirms Awlaki on CIA Hit List; Gitmo Military Trial Begins

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BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | APRIL 8, 2010

It's Not About the Treaty

What Prague means, and doesn't mean, for the future of nuclear weapons.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 7, 2010

Russia's Terror Goes Viral

The metro bombings in Moscow make clear that terrorism is far from exorcized from Russia. So where has it been hiding these last few, quiet years? The Web.

BY PAUL QUINN-JUDGE | MARCH 29, 2010

How to Cut Collateral Damage in Afghanistan

Rein in the Special Forces cowboys, and let Gen. McChrystal call the shots.

BY MARC GARLASCO | MARCH 3, 2010

What Happened to New York's Moxie?

Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Manhattan would have showed the terrorists that Americans are not afraid. Eight and a half years after 9/11, we’re not there yet.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 2, 2010

Three Huge Ways Pakistan Still Isn't Cooperating

The capture of Mullah Baradar doesn't change the fact that, on many important security issues, the United States and Pakistan still don't see eye to eye.

BY DAVID KENNER | FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Invite the Taliban to the Afghanistan Conference

Why excluding the insurgency won't work.

BY FABRICE POTHIER | JANUARY 27, 2010

CIA Man Retracts Claim on Waterboarding

A study in "enhanced reporting techniques."

BY JEFF STEIN | JANUARY 26, 2010

Reforming the Reform

Enough with the dots, already. As the story of the Underwear Bomber shows, the problem with U.S. intelligence is that it knows too much -- and understands too little.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 23, 2010

Al Qaeda's Armies of One

Meet the next generation of jihadi pundits.

BY JARRET BRACHMAN | JANUARY 22, 2010

The Art of Leaking

Barack Obama's administration is about to find out how bad anonymous sniping can get. But luckily for the president, that might not be such a bad thing.

BY STEPHEN HESS | JANUARY 20, 2010

'Langley Won't Tell Us'

How I fought the intelligence turf wars -- and lost.

BY RON CAPPS | JANUARY 11, 2010

Intelligent Design

The CIA has pointed to the Christmas Day terrorist incident as evidence that the post-9/11 intelligence reform has failed. That self-serving diagnosis couldn't be further from the truth.

BY JORDAN TAMA | JANUARY 11, 2010

How to Whip the Afghan Army Into Shape

Much of President Barack Obama's strategy rests on the creation of a new, more competent Afghan military. Here's what he'll need to know to get the job done.

BY MARK MOYAR | DECEMBER 22, 2009

Punish Iran’s Rulers, Not Its People

The U.S. Congress is looking to penalize companies that help Iran import gasoline. But the plan is a huge giveaway to the very same hard-liners that are driving the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions and oppressing the Iranian people.

BY ALIREZA NADER | DECEMBER 14, 2009

The Danger KSM Still Poses in Washington

The architect of the 9/11 attacks is headed to a criminal trial in New York -- but Obama's made a muddle of the rest of the legal picture.

BY JUAN CARLOS ZARATE | DECEMBER 4, 2009

Afghanistan Is Not Making Americans Safer

Will ramping up the war in Afghanistan embolden domestic terrorists?

BY PAUL R. PILLAR | NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Think Again: Africom

U.S. Africa Command was launched to controversy and has been met with skepticism ever since. Behind two years of mixed messages, a coherent mission might finally be emerging. Here's what you need to know about the world's next U.S. military hub.

BY ELIZABETH DICKINSON | NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A Web of Lone Wolves

Fort Hood shows us that Internet jihad is not a myth.

BY EVAN KOHLMANN | NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Destroying al Qaeda Is Not an Option (Yet)

If the world's most notorious network goes down, terrorism will get a whole lot messier.

BY GUSTAVO DE LAS CASAS | NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Rendered Guilty

What the Milan conviction of 23 U.S. officials means for those on trial and the future of diplomatic immunity.

BY JEFF STEIN | NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The Brothers Karzai and the CIA

Is the United States paying off Kandahar's first sibling? Maybe, but who cares?

BY JEFF STEIN | OCTOBER 28, 2009

Why Al Qaeda Wants a Safe Haven

Take it from someone who has spent the last half-decade studying terrorist plots: A homeless al Qaeda is the best guarantee against large-scale attacks.

BY JIM ARKEDIS | OCTOBER 23, 2009