by Tyler Pager | Feb 23, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager and Paige Leskin GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Lawyers for the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole argued Monday the case should be dismissed on the grounds that defense officials illegally forced the military judges to move to...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 11, 2015 | National Security
By Adam Mintzer WASHINGTON- President Barack Obama sent a proposal to Congress on Wednesday to authorize the use of military force against the Islamic State. The proposal lays out the White House’s reasons for wanting Congress to act against ISIS. It cites the...
by Tal Axelrod | Feb 11, 2015 | National Security
By Tal Axelrod WASHINGTON – The path of Islamist movements in the Middle East have influenced recent geopolitical shifts, with moderates being squeezed out by more radical figures, experts said Wednesday. Wilson Center scholar Robin Wright said that Islamist movements...
by Daniel Hersh | Feb 9, 2015 | National Security
By Daniel Hersh WASHINGTON – With militant Islamist group Boko Haram continuing its aggressive hostilities, Nigeria’s election, which has been postponed from Saturday until March 28, may be marred by violence, especially violence toward women, experts said Monday....
by Tyler Pager | Feb 9, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed the importance of continuing diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation in Ukraine, but Obama said he would consider sending lethal arms if diplomacy fails. At a joint...
by Tal Axelrod | Feb 5, 2015 | National Security
By Tal Axelrod Diane Foley, whose son Jim was killed in Syria, and Debra Tice, whose son is still held hostage, speak about their sons’ experiences and the dangers of conflict journalism.
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 4, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – A team ordered by the president to review U.S. hostage policy is interviewing hostages’ families for input, a spokeswoman for the government’s Hostage Policy Review Team said Wednesday. U.S. hostage policy came under scrutiny last year after the...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 4, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The mother of James Foley—an American journalist killed by ISIS militants last year—is imploring the American press to stand by freelancers who are captured while reporting abroad. “As Americans, I think we need to do some soul searching,” said Diane...
by Tyler Pager | Feb 4, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – Automatic cuts to the Defense Department budget are “risky” because they imply diminish U.S. projection of power overseas, Ashton Carter said Wednesday at a Senate confirmation hearing in which there appeared to be little opposition to his...
by Ashley Gilmore | Feb 4, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON— The terrorist group, ISIS, is using social media as a new and effective propaganda weapon to spread its message, , Daniel Cohen, of the Institute for National Security Studies, said Wednesday. Located in Israel, the institute focuses on research of...
by Daniel Hersh | Feb 4, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Republican congressmen grilled Obama administration officials on President Barack Obama’s decision to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, criticizing the secrecy of the negotiations and the abruptness of the policy shift. Foreign Affairs Committee...
by Haley Hinkle | Feb 3, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON – While supporting President Barack Obama’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba, Cuban human rights activists told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that opening trade and tourism between the U.S. and Cuba won’t end the Castro regime’s civil rights abuses...
