The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices
Biometric collection and identification devices were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive.
National Security
The 9/11 Wars
Who Lost Afghanistan?
Twenty years of lying and confusion by U.S. leaders ends in a predictable and bloody farce.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
“They Believed Anything but the Truth” — 14 Years in Guantánamo
Captured at the age of 18, Mansoor Adayfi describes coming of age at Guantánamo in his memoir, “Don't Forget Us Here.”
$10,000 Invested in Defense Stocks When Afghanistan War Began Now Worth Almost $100,000
Was the Afghanistan War a failure? Not for the top five defense contractors and their shareholders.
The Most High-Profile Al Qaeda Plot Foiled After 9/11 Was an FBI Scam
A new Frontline documentary details the case of the “Liberty City Seven,” a group of men the FBI coached into pledging allegiance to Al Qaeda.
“Obligation to Remember”: Author Spencer Ackerman on the Casualties of the War on Terror
In his new book, Ackerman makes the case that the Trump years were the logical conclusion of a multidecade borderless war without end.
The 9/11 Wars
As the Taliban Seize Cities, Desperate Afghans Are Trapped in an American-Made Fiasco
Since 2001, urban Afghans have enjoyed a return of ordinary freedoms. Now they have the most to lose.
Pentagon Wrongly Admitted Killing 21 Civilians in Iraq and Syria
Allied nations almost certainly killed them. So why did the Defense Department tell Congress that the U.S. was responsible?
Making a Killing
"A Government That Has Killed People for Less": Pro-Saudi Social Media Swarms Leave Critics in Fear
Before he was murdered by Saudi Arabia, Jamal Khashoggi faced online harassment from influencers and bots. Their new targets are worried.
Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Is a Truth-Teller in a Time of Systemic Deceit and Lethal Secrecy
Hale should be pardoned and released, and the government should pay him restitution.