Confront and conceal – the Obama approach?
What kind of president is Barack Obama? Certainly not the kind that America thought it had elected almost four years ago. Matt Frei blogs on Mr Obama’s expansion of cyber warfare and use of drones.
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The United States’ top commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation as part of the scandal engulfing the former head of the CIA, David Petraeus.
As more revelations emerge about the circumstances surrounding the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, congress is demanding answers about why it was kept in the dark for so long.
The resignation of CIA chief David Petraeus has provoked a wave of speculation in Washington over the timing and the nature of his departure.
The New York nanny who was discovered stabbing herself and is suspected of killing two children is in a critical condition in hospital.
The US embassy compound in Tunis and the German embassy in Khartoum are set alight as violence erupts over an anti-Islam film that has offended many Muslims. At least five protesters are dead.
The WikiLeaks founder calls for the US to end its ‘war on whistleblowers’ but gives no hint as to how his extradition deadlock will be resolved.
A gunman in a gas mask kills 12 people and leaves up to 50 wounded at a screening of the new Batman film in Denver, United States. A 24-year-old suspect is arrested and named by police.
What kind of president is Barack Obama? Certainly not the kind that America thought it had elected almost four years ago. Matt Frei blogs on Mr Obama’s expansion of cyber warfare and use of drones.
A double agent allegedly recruited by MI5 and MI6 was a British passport holder, according to American media reports.
A would-be underwear bomber foiled by American intelligence is actually a double agent, according to US reports.
US officials say the discovery of a plot involving an improved “underwear bomb” shows militants are determined to build bombs that can pass through airport security.
America foils a plot by al-Qaeda in Yemen to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 “underwear bomb”, according to US officials.
George Zimmerman, who shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, appears in court today to face charges of second degree murder. Now his lawyer says he is concerned about getting a fair trial.
Two men have been charged with murder after a shooting spree in a predominantly black district of Tulsa – which left three people dead and two others badly wounded.
A JetBlue flight in the US is diverted as the captain has to be restrained following increasingly bizarre behaviour.