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President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet today with the Joint Chiefs of Staff amid reports that he is close to a decision on new U.S. strategies in Afghanistan.

Not surprisingly for a president who has made conciliation the watchword of…

Eric Holder

So now it begins — months, perhaps even years of Justice Department investigations and, perhaps, prosecutions of CIA agents and contractors who may have violated U.S. laws in interrogating terrorism suspects. Who knows where it will end, but probably…

CIA assassins have it easier in the movies.

So now we are told that shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Central Intelligence Agency began planning to unleash assassination teams on al-Qaida’s leadership, but for almost eight years, the…

Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. AP Photo/Shane T.McCoy, U.S. Navy

It’s no secret that during the Bush administration, the Central Intelligence Agency “rendered” suspected terrorists to overseas facilities where they were subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Some sessions were recorded…

Guess who wrote this:

It is clear that many in the intelligence community remain in denial about the scope of its intelligence failures. While the report frequently criticizes the Director of Central Intelligence as the primary liaison to the president, the…

What did Nancy know and when did she know it? Those questions are going to have to be answered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and the sooner the better.

To avoid being a distraction from the debate on torture, Pelosi…

Jack Bauer didn't get the memo.

If it weren’t so disturbing, it would be funny.

CIA interrogators had been handed Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi national believed to be a top strategist for al-Qaida. He’d been captured in Pakistan in March 2002 and…