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PICTURES: The Original 22 Terrorists: Where Are They Now?

By Jenna Zwang
September 30, 2011

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Preventing Attacks Without Alienating Muslims

By James Kitfield

Al-Qaida and its affiliates are increasingly recruiting U.S. citizens and inspiring them to launch terrorist attacks on their homeland. That’s put the FBI in a new role of preempting terrorism attacks by ensnaring radicals.

Osama's Learning Curve

In Washington's broad counter-terrorism campaign of the 1990s, few actions backfired as badly as the one called Operation Infinite Reach.

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Secret Love: Obama's Budding Romance with the CIA

By Michael Hirsh

The president seems enthusiastic about the use of hard power—lethal force. The more precise and deadly, the better. As long as it’s done covertly. And that’s the key.

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Pakistani Doctor Who Assisted U.S. in Bin Laden Raid Gets 33 Years

By Matt Vasilogambros

A Pakistani doctor who assisted the U.S. in tracking down Osama bin Laden has been convicted for high treason by a Pakistani court and sentenced to 33 years in prison, the Associated Press reports.

Competing Worldviews for Obama, Romney

By James Kitfield

At best, a White House campaign suggests the lodestar that a president will follow in charting an inherently unpredictable course in foreign affairs. And Barack Obama and Mitt Romney appear to have different lodestars.

Cybergeddon Draws Near

By James Kitfield

If you could read the president’s classified daily intelligence brief, which threat do you imagine would cause the most night sweats? A resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan? A nuclear-armed North Korea? An increasingly bellicose Russia, or a bullying China? If you are reading this on a computer, the threat that most worries many intelligence experts may already be at your fingertips.

New FBI Probe of Bomb Plot Highlights Administration’s Tough Stance on Leaks

By Yochi J. Dreazen and Olga Belogolova

The FBI has launched a criminal probe designed to identify the government officials who leaked key details of a foiled al-Qaida bomb plot, the latest indication of the Obama administration’s unrelenting push to find and punish those sharing classified information with the media.

Obama Authorizes Sanctions on Members of Yemen Government

By Sara Sorcher

President Obama on Wednesday authorized sanctions on certain members of the government of Yemen and others whom the United States deems might pose a threat to Yemen’s peace, security, and stability.

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