The Discreet Charms of CIA Morale
Before Eric Holder announced his preliminary probe, and even before Barack Obama promised an end to torture and detention, morale at CIA was sagging.
Before Eric Holder announced his preliminary probe, and even before Barack Obama promised an end to torture and detention, morale at CIA was sagging.
Frank Naif | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
The Obama team portrayed Leon Panetta as a no-nonsense Beltway veteran who would 'fix' the CIA. Over the past few weeks, however, he has emerged as an obstacle to real reform and accountability at the CIA.
Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual and Stephen Stedman | Posted 04.16.2009 | World
A profound but underappreciated truth about globalization is the extent to which national security and international security have become inseparably linked.
AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan are losing ground to insurgents and terrorists but the most immediate threat to U.S. se...
cnn.com | Posted 01.14.2009 | Home
President-elect Barack Obama will hold the first meeting of his national security team on Monday in Chicago, according to a transition aide for the in...
John Kerry | Posted 01.04.2009 | World
The next administration will be asked to undertake the tough work of remaking American foreign policy in the post-George Bush era. It's time we take the full measure of the 21st century threats we face.
Beth Arnold | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
All the critics who made fun of Obama's community organizing experience (Sarah Palin, are you listening?) were toothless wonders.
BigThink | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
BigThink interviewed President-elect Obama's National Security Adviser, Ret. Gen. James Jones. What principles guide your energy plan? Well, we thin...
New York Times | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
Besides their impressive resumes and political star-power, a few of President-elect Barack Obama's top cabinet choices have something else in common -...
Washington Post | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
Although President-elect Barack Obama's decision to keep Robert M. Gates at the helm of the Pentagon will provide a measure of continuity for a milita...
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
The Nation reports that President-elect Obama's UN ambassador is another staffer who got the Iraq war wrong: On the outside chance that anyone thoug...
AP | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Bush's former political director says the national security team named by President-elect Barack Obama "represents, to a ...
USA Today | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a moderate Republican who is retiring this year and had been mentioned as a possibility for some national security posts, c...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT and PAUL DAVENPORT | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet picks Monday are sweet political gifts for the Republican who'll become governor of Arizona ...
Huffington Post/AP/NYT | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics
The New York Times, in previewing President-elect Obama's national security team, reports that several key members have more "hawkish" records than he...
Frank Naif | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics