A top Democrat on the House intelligence committee is spearheading a renewed effort to end the administration's controversial, 9/11-era counterterrorism rules of war.
As Washington continues to weigh a complete troop pullout from Afghanistan next year, America's newest generation of veterans of the longest war in U.S. history are left wondering whether it was worth it. "It would be hard for me to justify all we did over there."
The legal team defending one of the five 9/11 co-conspirators currently on trial at Guantanamo Bay is demanding U.S. military prosecutors hand over the complete version of a classified Senate report on the CIA's controversial interrogation program.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine tells BuzzFeed some lawmakers are meeting informally over altering the AUMF.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday called for restraint in U.S.-led cyberwarfare operations, as well as those conducted by foreign nations.
As Russian forces continue to amass along the country's western border with Ukraine, Washington and its allies are increasingly pessimistic that Moscow will keep its pledge not to move into the eastern European country.
Claims classified information released by NSA leaker Edward Snowden may have allowed Russia to evade U.S. efforts to anticipate Moscow's invasion of Crimea hold little water, according to U.S. and foreign intelligence officials.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he has received assurances that Moscow has no plans to move its forces deeper into Ukraine, despite its massive military buildup along the country's eastern border.
The White House and Pentagon are considering ramping up military support to NATO allies in Eastern Europe as fears continue that Russia will push its forces further into Ukraine.
Months after a deadly mass shooting at the Navy's headquarters in Washington D.C., Pentagon leaders are still trying to close the "troubling gaps" in current security measures that led to the massacre.
Pentagon leaders are keeping quiet on why the head of U.S. special forces ordered pictures of deceased al-Qaeda chieftain Osama bin Laden destroyed.
The White House and Pentagon remain optimistic they can reach a deal to maintain a limited troop presence in Afghanistan after the withdrawal later this year. U.S. diplomats aren't so sure, according to a newly released State Department report.
The legal team defending one of the five 9/11 co-conspirators currently on trial at Guantanamo Bay is demanding U.S. military prosecutors hand over the complete version of a classified Senate report on the CIA's controversial interrogation program.
With frayed U.S.–Afghan relations at a breaking point, the Obama administration has officially given the green light to begin planning for a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of this year.
