Secret War on Terror
News and Commentary
2016
- Washington Post: After presiding over bin Laden raid, CIA chief in Pakistan came home convinced he was poisoned by ISI, by Greg Miller (May 4, 2016)
- CNN: An isolated Osama bin Laden struggled to keep his bodyguards, by Peter Bergen (Mar 2, 2016)
- Wall St Journal: How the U.S. Fights Encryption—and Also Helps Develop It, by Damian Paletta (Feb 22, 2016)
- Washington Post: ‘Eyewash’: How the CIA deceives its own workforce about operations, by Greg Miller and Adam Goldman (Jan 30, 2016)
Oct 2015
- New York Times: How 4 Federal Lawyers Paved the Way to Kill Osama bin Laden, by Charlie Savage (Oct 27, 2015)
- CNN: The New York Times triples down on bizarre bin Laden story, by Peter Bergen (Oct 24, 2015)
- CNN: The New York Times' bizarre story on Osama bin Laden's death, by Peter Bergen (Oct 19, 2015)
- New York Times: What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden’s Death?, by Jonathan Mahler (Oct 14, 2015)
Sept 2015
- New York Times: U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Afghan Allies’ Abuse of Boys, by Joseph Goldstein (Sept 19, 2015)
Aug 2015
- New York Times: Psychologists Approve Ban on Role in National Security Interrogations, by James Risen (Aug 6, 2015)
June 2015
- Wall St Journal: Attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait Revive Concerns on Security, by Anton Troianovski And Dion Nissenbaum (June 26, 2015)
- New York Times: The Secret History of SEAL Team 6: Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines, by Mark Mazzetti, Nicholas Kulish, Christopher Drew, Serge F. Kovaleski, Sean D. Naylor and John Ismay (June 6, 2015)
May 2015
- Wall St Journal: Bin Laden: Terror Chieftain, Conspiracy Buff, Bureaucrat, by Damian Paletta (May 20, 2015)
- Reuters: Bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests: documents, by Mark Hosenball (May 20, 2015)
- Reuters: Bid to Reunite Bin Laden and Son Before Deadly Raid-Documents, unattributed (May 20, 2015)
- Washington Post: Months before U.S. raid, bin Laden considered leaving Pakistan compound, by Greg Miller and Julie Tate (May 20, 2015)
- New York Times: In Osama bin Laden Library: Illuminati and Bob Woodward, by Matthew Rosenberg (May 20, 2015)
- Associated Press: US Releases 100+ Bin Laden Documents, unattributed (May 20, 2015)
- Frontline: Secrets, Politics and Torture (May 19, 2015)
- Democracy Now: Seymour Hersh Details Explosive Story on Bin Laden Killing & Responds to White House, Media Backlash (May 12, 2015)
- New York Times: The Detail in Seymour Hersh’s Bin Laden Story That Rings True, by Carlotta Gall (May 12, 2015)
- New York Times: Seymour Hersh Article Alleges Cover-Up in Bin Laden Hunt, by Matthew Rosenberg (May 11, 2015)
- London Review of Books: The Killing of Osama bin Laden, by Seymour M. Hersch (May 10, 2015)
Apr 2015
- New York Times: Deep Support in Washington for C.I.A.’s Drone Missions, by Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo (Apr 25, 2015)
2014
- New York Times: What Pakistan Knew About Bin Laden, by Carlotta Gall (March 23, 2014)
Aug 2015
- New York Times: Book on Bin Laden Killing Contradicts U.S. Account, by Eric Schmitt (Aug 29, 2015)
2011
- Wall St Journal: Spy, Military Ties Aided bin Laden Raid, by Siobhan Gorman and Julian E. Barnes (May 23, 2011)
- Asia Times Online: US broke deal with Osama hit, by Syed Saleem Shahzad (May 12, 2011)
May 2015
- New York Times: How Osama bin Laden Was Located and Killed, unattributed (May 8, 2015)
2011
- Reuters: Special report: Why the U.S. mistrusts Pakistan's spies, by Chris Allbritton and Mark Hosenball (May 5, 2011)
- New York Times: Bin Laden Is Dead, Obama Says, by Peter Baker, Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti (May 1, 2011)
- Fox News: U.S. Officials Insist Drones, Covert Operations in Pakistan to Continue Despite Recent Chill, unattributed (Apr 12, 2011)