Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 6, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a major development in the confirmation hearing of John Brennan and Jeb Bush flip-flops on immigration reform once more. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Cora Currier and Justin Elliott, ProPublicaFeb 28, 2013
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 – a narrow issue that accounts for a miniscule proportion of the hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen in recent years. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 8, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including GOP infighting involving Karl Rove and the latest Republican-led assault on women's rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 14, 2012
The European Court of Human Rights ruling is the first time the panel has deemed the CIA's treatment of a suspected terrorist as torture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 8, 2012
The U.S. Congress -- one of the branches intended by America’s founders to balance the president’s power -- is showing just as much and in some cases more interest in preserving a growing culture of secrecy as its executive counterpart, says Steven Aftergood, secrecy researcher at the Federation of American Scientists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 5, 2012
Human rights lawyer Scott Horton, on the Harper's Magazine website, asks career CIA counterterrorism agent Henry Crumpton what America can do to balance the need for secrecy with the people’s right to know what their government is doing. Crumpton is author of the new book “The Art of Intelligence.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 9, 2012
The recently uncovered al-Qaida plot to take down a U.S.-bound airliner took a dramatic turn Tuesday: It turns out that the would-be bomber who was chosen to carry out the mission was actually an informant for the CIA. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 8, 2012
The CIA foiled an elaborate new underwear bomb plot by an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen that was intended to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner, The Associated Press reported Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 4, 2011
Is the CIA following your tweets? Or perhaps it "Likes" your latest thoughts while showering that you have posted on Facebook. These startling considerations may apply only if you're overseas -- or so the agency says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 14, 2011
Italian journalist Olivia Poli joined John R. MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine, for a stroll through New York City’s Washington Square Park, where they had an unusually candid conversation about the so-called drawdown of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 6, 2011
Gen. David Petraeus was sworn in Tuesday as director of the CIA, leaving behind a 37-year military career for the opportunity to lead the covert civilian war against al-Qaida. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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