Afghanistan: Examining McChrystal's Record
President Obama announced his nominee for top American commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, a few weeks ago. Confirmation hearings began today. Some critics are urging senators to look...
View ArticleLast 'Surge' Troops Head for Afghanistan
Today, troops from the 101st Airborne Division's 4th Brigade Combat team will leave for Afghanistan from Fort Campbell in Kentucky.It's been a tough couple of months for the 101st. They've lost 41...
View ArticleConspiracy Theorists Question Bin Laden's Death
Within hours of the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed and buried at sea, the Internet lit up with commentary, speculation, and the beginnings of conspiracy theories. The more conspiracy minded...
View ArticleFBI Purges Hundreds of Islamophobic Training Documents
Coming up, the FBI has finally purged hundreds of Islamophobic counter-terrorism training documents about Muslims. Wired’s Spencer Ackerman joins The Takeaway with more about the documents—and how the...
View ArticleDavid Petraeus and the Military's Culture of Celebrity
In all the news surrounding General David Petraeus’s resignation, and the investigation into the relationship between Petraeus, Paula Broadwell, Jill Kelley, and General John Allen, there’s a central...
View ArticleThis Might Be the Next American to Be Killed by Drones
In some ways he sounds like a typical American twenty-something. He likes Chinese barbeque. He attended Bible Camp as a kid and played soccer in high school.Born to a Syrian Muslim father and a white...
View ArticleTerrorist: An Evolving Term
As with the definition of "weapons of mass destruction," the definition of terrorism has been challenged in the Boston bombing case and other recent cases.The White House has described Dzhokar Tsarnaev...
View ArticleBritish and American Security Agencies Spy on Millions Through Webcams
The right to privacy, something a lot of people often forget, is not something explicity written into the Constitution. Nor is there a freestanding right to privacy law in the United Kingdom.But that...
View ArticleSpooked
The intelligence community is reacting with surprise at the choice of Leon Panetta as Obama's choice for CIA director. Spencer Ackerman, senior reporter for the Washington Independent, surveys the...
View ArticleNot The Whole Truth
Spencer Ackerman, who covers security issues for the The Washington Independent, talks about the letter from seven Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee accusing "top CIA officials" of...
View ArticleBenghazi and Petraeus: What We Know Now
Spencer Ackerman, writer for Wired magazine's national security blog, Danger Room, reviews what we know and don't know about the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi and the scandal...
View ArticleTRussia Daily: While Trump Was Tweeting About 'Fake News'
Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast's senior national security correspondent, discusses the latest news from the Trump-Russia investigations, including how the President is consumed with investigation...
View ArticleDeals, Deals, Deals
Josh Dawsey, POLITICO White House reporter, discusses the latest revelation that Michael Flynn, President Trump's former National Security Adviser, was paid to advise a for-profit company on building...
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