Analysis & Commentary
US Drones Strike Again in Yemen, Kill 2 AQAP Fighters
The US launched its second drone strike in Yemen in four days, killing two members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in an area in the central part of the country.
US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in First Strike in Yemen in a Month
US drones launched the first strike in Yemen in a month, killing four "militants" in an attack on a vehicle carrying explosives in a southern town plagued by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Petraeus’s Objection to the Benghazi Talking Points
After nearly two days of editing, then CIA director David Petraeus was sent the revised Benghazi talking points on September 15, 2012. He was less than impressed, to put it mildly.
CIA Warned of ‘Jihadist’ Threat to Cairo Embassy
The Obama administration’s editing of the Benghazi talking points not only obscured what really happened in Libya on September 11, 2012, it also confused the events of earlier...
Woman Who Ran Secret Prison Bypassed As Top Spy
One of the CIA's highest-ranking women, who once ran a CIA prison in Thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded, has been bypassed for the agency's top spy job.
Starting Point
FDD Chairman James Woolsey discusses the radicalization of the Boston bombers and the possibility that intelligence failures prevented their detection.
IMU Lauds Another German Killed in US Drone Strike
The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan released martyrdom tape today praising a German member who was killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan over a year ago. The German, who was identified...
In the Loop
FDD Chairman James Woolsey talks about the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing and the possible motives behind it.
4 ‘Militants’ Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan
The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the jihadist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported by the US...
Targeted Killing Comes to Define War on Terror
In Pakistan, where the SEAL raid that killed Bin Laden sent Pakistani-American relations into a tailspin, drone strikes — though deeply unpopular — are tolerated by the security establishment.
The CIA’s Interrogation Program Deserves a Public Airing
The Democrats on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence have bequeathed to the lucky few with clearances a 6,000-page report on the Central Intelligence Agency’s enhanced interrogation program.
US Drones Kill 4 ‘Militants’ in Pakistan
The US killed four "militants" in a drone strike in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan. The strike today is the first reported by the US in Pakistan in 11 days.
Is the Clandestine Service a Den of Promiscuity or Not?
Ever since the scandal involving ex-CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer Paula Broadwell erupted, the topic of sexual infidelity in the CIA has filled the pages of newspapers and magazines. And without a doubt...
John Brennan and the Bin Laden Files
During a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center on April 30, 2012, John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to head the CIA, discussed “The Ethics and Efficacy of the U.S. President’s Counterterrorism Strategy.”
2 ‘Militants’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan
US drones are reported to have killed two "militants," including a "foreign national," as they rode on horseback in the terrorist hub of Datta Khel in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of North Waziristan.
Bin Laden Son-in-Law Detained Overseas, Brought to New York
Prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought...
Happening Now
FDD's Jonathan Schanzer discusses the potential of more Middle East countries developing nuclear programs and the report of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law being detained by the CIA.
The Drone War Doctrine We Still Know Nothing About
The nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director has prompted intense debate on Capitol Hill and in the media about U.S. drone killings abroad. But the focus has been on the targeting of American citizens...
Global Public Square
FDD's Reuel Marc Gerecht joins a panel discussion on the use of drones to target terrorist and the effectiveness of enhanced interrogation techniques.
Spooky Sex: Inside the Randy Culture of the CIA
"A cock has no shame.” That’s what it said on the little plaque on the door of the espionage instructor. He’d been discovered a few nights earlier going at it with a female junior officer on a pool table in the recreation...
