Outside the Beltway

A new report confirms that the United States did engage in torture in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

The CIA will soon be storing our nation’s most sensitive information with a private company.

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.

Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to 10 charges stemming from turning classified documents over to WikiLeaks.

The Chinese are hacking Washington institutions to unearth the secret plan under which the town operates.

Here we go again.

The “I” in DIA apparently does not stand for Intelligence.

The idea of completely pulling out of Afghanistan after 2014 is very compelling.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

The National Intelligence Council has released its quadrennial strategic forecast, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

The David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story gets curiouser.

The scandal that led to P4’s downfall has many layers, none of them flattering to the most famous American general of his generation.

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

The official narrative on the Benghazi consulate attack has changed again.

More than two weeks after four Americans — including the U.S. ambassador to Libya — were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, FBI agents have not yet been granted access to investigate in the eastern Libyan city, and the crime scene has not been secured.

The Administration’s narrative regarding the attack that resulted in the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens no longer holds water.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.

Charges that the Obama administration leaked classified information about the Osama bin Laden raid for political gain are bunk.

Another step in the ongoing diplomatic showdown over the founder of Wikileaks.

According to a new report, the CIA considers Israel to be an espionage threat.

CFR’s Laurie Garrett has a piece in The Atlantic headlined “Good Job, CIA: Your Pakistan Vaccine Plot Helped Bring Polio Back From the Brink of Eradication.”

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

Are the Stuxnet and Flame attacks the opening shots in a dangerous new era of secret war?

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

Meet Flame. A cyber threat that makes Stuxnet seem like child’s play.