Spycraft in Moscow
The wigs may seem silly, but Moscow’s exposure of CIA espionage is serious business.
CIA Pays the Potentate
Afghanistan’s problems can’t be solved by bribing President Karzai
Drones for “Regime Protection”
The CIA’s insurance plan for Karzai and Maliki—and what it means for Syria
A Necessary Reckoning With Torture
The Constitution Project’s report on detainee treatment is but a first step toward the truth—and reclaiming our national honor.
Turkey Cracks the Whip
If Netanyahu wants rapprochement with Ankara, he must do more than apologize for the Mavi Marmara killings
Sex and the CIA
Spies aren’t apt to be philanderers—even if there are plenty of both at the Agency.
Who’s Turning Syria’s Civil War Into a Jihad?
The West, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia all have their own angles in the conflict
CIA After the War on Terror
John Brennan knows there’s more to intelligence than drones.
A Critical Look at Rand Paul
He’s made his foreign-policy speech, but what does the senator’s record show?
Drone Doubts at the CIA
A report on the post-Petraeus CIA and jihadist “refugees” in Turkey.
Rubin & Cohen: No Soldiers Need Apply
Neocons denigrate Chuck Hagel’s military service, when it’s exactly what the Pentagon needs.
Why We Hate Them: Arabs in Western Eyes
How films and other media shape an anti-Muslim narrative.
The Torture Chronicle
A classified Senate Intelligence Committee report shows the futility of “enhanced interrogation techniques.”
The Forever Wars of Frederick & Kimberly Kagan
The Beltway power couple who boosted the Iraq invasion insist we stay longer in Afghanistan.
CIA’s Benghazi Role
Intelligence agents answer to Langley, not the State Department.
Sibel Edmonds’s Secrets
The gagged whistleblower takes on FBI corruption in a new book.
Syria: Rebellion, Jihad, or Civil War?
No intervention or dissident group can control the freewheeling revolution.
