7 things we learned from John Brennan's drone-kissed confirmation hearing
Posted on February 8, 2013, at 7:35 AMThe eagerly awaited showdown over President Obama's drone war didn't quite materialize, but that doesn't mean the CIA nominee didn't make news
Drones and strange bedfellows: Why neocons are showing Obama some love
Posted on February 7, 2013, at 10:33 AMAnd why liberals are starting to turn a cold shoulder. As John Brennan heads into his confirmation hearing, it's apparently opposite day in Washington
Why Obama should come clean on drones
Posted on February 7, 2013, at 8:25 AMBy failing to share all the details with the public, the administration is allowing critics to paint the government's actions as unethical — and even criminal
Will Congress curb Obama's drone strikes?
Posted on February 6, 2013, at 7:00 AMThere's a lot of outrage, on the Left and Right, over President Obama's kill-list memo. Congress can stop this
Obama's license to kill: Has the president gone too far in the war on terror?
Posted on February 5, 2013, at 10:47 AMA new memo from the Justice Department outlines the administration's broad powers to neutralize American citizens
The war on terror isn't over. Here's how America can win it
Posted on January 24, 2013, at 6:35 AMAfter more than a decade of fighting, many Americans are weary of war. But we can't stop now
The Algerian hostage crisis: Is Obama leading from behind again?
Posted on January 17, 2013, at 3:16 PMTensions rise as Algerian forces reportedly attack gunmen believed to be al-Qaeda-linked militants, with the lives of Western hostages, some from the U.S., at stake
Can Obama still close Guantanamo?
Posted on November 30, 2012, at 8:31 AMThe U.S. has 104 prisons that can hold the remaining Gitmo detainees if Congress allows it
The rise of drone warfare: By the numbers
Posted on November 28, 2012, at 1:47 PMTeam Obama is preparing to beef up its already dominant U.S. fleet of surveillance and combat drones, and other countries are racing to catch up
North Africa: The next Afghanistan?
Posted on November 18, 2012, at 7:20 AMThe terrorist group al Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb has seized control of a swath of North Africa. Is it a real threat?
What the alleged Federal Reserve bomb plot says about the terror war: 4 theories
Posted on October 18, 2012, at 12:24 PMAuthorities bust a man they say tried to detonate a van filled with fake explosives. Do these increasingly common stings amount to a victory against al Qaeda?
The Benghazi attack: Does it matter whether Obama calls it terrorism?
Posted on October 18, 2012, at 10:45 AMIn the eyes of many critics, the most baffling part of Mitt Romney's flubbed Libya offensive against President Obama is the Republican's focus on labels
Is al Qaeda finally ready to make peace with the West?
Posted on September 12, 2012, at 6:31 PMMohamed al-Zawahiri, brother of al Qaeda's leader, says he is uniquely positioned to work out a truce
The new evidence that Bush could have stopped 9/11: 4 takeaways
Posted on September 11, 2012, at 6:02 PMA former New York Times investigative reporter argues that George W. Bush ignored months of daily briefings that should have raised red flags
What are the chances of another 9/11 happening in the next decade?
Posted on September 7, 2012, at 5:17 PMAccording to a pair of esteemed statisticians, the odds that another large-scale terrorist attack will unfold within 10 years are as high as 50-50
Did Bush's CIA waterboard anti-Gadhafi Islamists?
Posted on September 7, 2012, at 9:25 AMThe U.S. insists that only three terrorism suspects were subjected to waterboarding. Human Rights Watch claims the harsh practice was more widespread
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