Defense

Retired General: Some in Military Want to 'Take Out the President'

Boykin opposes the president's agenda, including the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' and allowing women in combat.

Defense

West Point Hosts its First Male Same-Sex Wedding

The academy hosted two same-sex weddings in 2012, both between female partners.

Defense

TSA Found 29 Firearms at Airports This Week, Before the LAX Shooting

Loaded weapons get stopped at security checkpoints all the time.

Defense One

How Obama Can Help Iraq

The Iraq war President Obama never wanted is back. Here’s what he can do to help stop Iraq’s spiral into chaos. By Stephanie Gaskell

Defense One

Crocker: Send More U.S. Counterterrorism Troops to Iraq

Ryan Crocker, the former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, knows what it takes to save Iraq: political will and military muscle that President Obama has been unwilling to use. By James Kitfield

Defense One

No More Nuclear-Tipped Cruise Missiles

The Pentagon is expected to decide soon whether to spend $30 billion on nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. Bad idea. By Tom Z. Collina

Nextgov

NSA Hacked Google and Yahoo's Private Networks

The agency accessed fiber optic connections between servers, Snowden documents show.

Defense One

Congress vs the President: Who Should Make the Calls on NSA?

Are the intel committees upset that the NSA tapped Merkel's phone -- or that they didn't know about it first? By Marc Ambinder

Defense One

Will Corruption Force U.S. Troops to Abandon Afghanistan?

There’s growing concern that the number of U.S. and NATO troops that remain past 2014 might be too small to oversee billions of aid money to Afghanistan. By Stephanie Gaskell

Nextgov

Bill to Bolster DHS Cyber Workforce Advances

The department must hire 'the best and brightest that this emerging field has to offer,' lawmaker says.

Defense

Anonymous U.S. Officials Point Fingers at France and Spain on Surveillance

Officials claim NSA only analyzed phone data already gathered by those countries' intelligence agencies.

Defense

Senator Condemns Spying on Allies, Calls for Immediate Intelligence Review

Congress needs to know what the intelligence community is doing, committee chairwoman says.

Defense One

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to Headline Defense One Summit

Hagel will lead a growing lineup of national security leaders to discuss the future U.S. role in global security. By Kevin Baron

Defense One

Exclusive Interview: DIA Director Flynn on Why Special Ops Will Keep Us From War

DIA's Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn talks about his mission to reform military intelligence and why al-Qaeda is metastasizing. By James Kitfield

Defense One

Senate Intel Committee Orders 'Major Review' of U.S. Spying Practices

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is ‘totally opposed’ to spying on allies and has ordered the Senate Intelligence Committee to conduct its own review of U.S. intelligence gathering. By Stephanie Gaskell