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KAHLILI: Iran admits giving WMDs to terrorists

By Reza Kahlili

This Nov. 7, 2006, file photo shows the late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., as he speaks upon winning his ninth term, in Charleston, W.Va. Byrd created a stir in the mid-1960s within the nation's intelligence community when he obtained secret FBI reports leaked by the CIA. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)

Late Sen. Byrd’s FBI files reveal CIA leak uproar

By Lawrence Messina - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday, March 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

U.S. sees Israel, tight Mideast ally, as spy threat

By Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo - Associated Press

Al-Shabab executes 3 members

By Abdi Guled - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Red Cell’

By Paul Davis - Special to The Washington Times

In the months before the Sept. 11 attacks, the CIA unit dedicated to hunting for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden complained that it was running out of money, according to declassified documents dating from 1992 to 2004. (Associated Press)

CIA releases papers from 9/11 file

By Adam Goldman - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Art of Intelligence’

By Joseph C. Goulden - Special to The Washington Times

Drones and cyberattacks changing the face of American warfare

Associated Press

This photo taken May 30, 2012 shows a view of the Watergate complex from the top floor of the Watergate Office Building in Washington. Forty years ago police in Washington arrested five men breaking in to the Democratic National Committee offices. The name of the complex they were breaking into became infamous: the Watergate. These days, though, unless you know where to look, there’s little marking the location of the 1972 crime that ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

40 years after Watergate, ‘what ifs’ are tantalizing

By Mark S. Smith - Associated Press

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

NAPOLITANO: Killing vs. squealing

By Andrew P. Napolitano

**FILE** This undated photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net purports to show Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Associated Press/muslm.net)

Book: Military feared use of taped comments

By Pete Yost - Associated Press

** FILE ** This March 25, 2007, file image, made from video posted on a website frequented by Islamist militants and provided via the IntelCenter, shows al Qaeda militant Abu Yahia al-Libi. A CIA drone strike Monday, June 4, 2012, targeted al Qaeda's second in command in Pakistan, but it was unclear whether he was among those hit, U.S. officials said. The Associated Press has no way of independently verifying the content, location or date of this video. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Pakistan: Al Qaeda No. 2 at house hit by U.S. drone

By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

**FILE** Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who helped the U. S. track down Osama bin Laden, is seen here July 9, 2010, in the Pakistani tribal area of Jamrud in Khyber region. (Associated Press)

Pakistan doctor guilty of militancy, not CIA links

By Riaz Khan - Associated Press

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers

By LARRY MARGASAK - Associated Press

**FILE** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican (Associated Press)

Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon too close to filmmakers

By Larry Margasak - Associated Press

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a Senate committee Wednesday that leaks threaten law enforcement operations, put sources' lives at risk and make it harder to recruit them, and damage ties with foreign law-enforcement partners. (Associated Press)

FBI probes bomb plot leaks

The Washington Times

**FILE** FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies on May 16, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

FBI probes bomb plot leaks

By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican (Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s leaky underwear bomb

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Intercepted bomb details should remain secret

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