Congress tightens belt, trims spy budget for 2013
Congress has drastically trimmed the budget for U.S. spies and satellites for 2013, though not quite as deeply as the White House wanted. In one of ...

State Dept security chief resigns after Benghazi
Four State Department officials resigned under pressure Wednesday, less than a day after a damning report blamed management failures for a lack of ...

US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD
The White House and its allies are weighing military options to secure Syria's chemical and biological weapons, after U.S. intelligence reports show ...

Congress to investigate Benghazi 'talking points'
Lawmakers want to know who had a hand in creating the Obama administration's now-discredited "talking points" about the Sept. 11 attack on a U.S.

Official: Emails from paramour led to FBI probe
The scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus started with harassing emails sent by his biographer and paramour, Paula Broadwell, to ...

GOP pounces after news of CIA cable on Libya raid
Sensing a moment of political vulnerability on national security, Republicans pounced Friday on disclosures that President Barack Obama's ...

White House widening covert war in North Africa
Small teams of special operations forces arrived at American embassies throughout North Africa in the months before militants launched the fiery ...

UN ambassador says Libya attack was spontaneous
A deadly assault on a U.S. consulate in Libya was a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Muslim video, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said ...

China high-tech firms deny spying before Congress
Two major Chinese technology companies on Thursday denied allegations that some of their equipment is designed to facilitate spying, but struggled to ...
US investigates: Attacks coordinated to mark 9/11?
The Obama administration, roiled by the first killing of a U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the U.S.
House renews surveillance law for 5 years
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly renewed a surveillance law that allows the government to monitor conversations of foreign spies and terrorist ...