Defense

U.S. Evacuates a Consulate in Pakistan

Officials say the threat is unrelated to vague threats that closed embassies in the last week.

Nextgov

Security-Cleared Pros Don't Like Leaks -- or Wait Times

Survey respondents fear Snowden fallout could drag down the security clearance process.

Defense

Friends of the Tsarnaev Brothers Indicted by Grand Jury

Two men allegedly tried to hide evidence after learning Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was a suspect.

Oversight

Analysis: How Secrecy Has Already Corroded Our Democracy in Concrete Ways

The renewal of the Patriot Act is a case study in how opaque policy and law destroy a people's ability to self-govern.

Defense

The U.S. Files Its First Benghazi Criminal Charges

Libyan militia leader long-believed to be a key player in orchestrating the attack will face unspecified charges.

Defense

U.S. and Britain Evacuate Their Embassies In Yemen

Move comes after an American drone strike killed at least four suspected al-Qaeda militants there.

Defense

Joint Chiefs Chairman: 'There Is a Significant Threat Stream'

With terrorist threat warnings swirling, Martin Dempsey and others took to TV to clarify the danger.

Oversight

The NSA's Future: A Tale of Two Committees

In both the House and Senate, the Judiciary and Intelligence committees will fight over the survival of surveillance.

Defense

King George's Revenge: Is Britain Using Our Tax Money to Spy on Us?

Compelling reasons to worry that the NSA is outsourcing Big Brother to the Mother Country -- or will one day

Defense

FBI Report: Bureau Couldn't Have Prevented the Boston Bombings

Agency couldn't find much evidence to support Russian claims against Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

Pay & Benefits

Panel Approves 1 Percent Pay Hike for Troops and Civilians

House and Senate lawmakers disagree on pay increases for military and Defense employees.

Defense

ATF Get Its First Confirmed Director in 7 Years

Senate approval of Todd Jones pleases agency alumni, gun control groups.

Defense

Edward Snowden Has Left the Airport

The NSA leaker has reportedly been granted a one-year asylum in Russia.

Defense One

Hagel Presses Congress with Grim Alternatives to Sequestration

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's SCMR lays out tough choices for Congress on how to cut the defense budget without sequestration. By Stephanie Gaskell

Defense

Military Services Ditch Racy Magazines

Army and Air Force exchanges pull <em>Playboy</em> and 890 other pubs due to lagging sales.