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A Secret Assault on Terror Widens on Two Continents

August 15, 2010 By SCOTT SHANE, MARK MAZZETTI and ROBERT F. WORTH; Muhammad al-Ahmadi contributed reporting from Yemen. WASHINGTON -- At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in the remote desert of Marib Province, birthplace of the legendary queen of Sheba. But the strike, it turned out, had also killed the province's deputy... Full article »

Review of Jet Bomb Plot Shows More Missed Clues

January 18, 2010 By ERIC LIPTON, ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI; Steven Erlanger and Mike McIntire contributed reporting. This article is by Eric Lipton, Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti. Worried about possible terrorist attacks over the Christmas holiday, President Obama met on Dec. 22 with top officials of the C.I.A., F.B.I. and Department of Homeland Security, who ticked off a list of possible plots against the United States and how their agencies were working to... Full article »

U.S. AND BRITAIN CLOSE EMBASSIES IN YEMEN CAPITAL

January 4, 2010 By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT; Steven Erlanger contributed reporting from Sana, Yemen, and Peter Baker from Honolulu. The United States and Britain decided to close their embassies in the capital of Yemen because of continuing threats from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist group linked to the attempt to bring down an international flight into Detroit on Christmas. American military and intelligence officials said they first picked up warnings of... Full article »

Obama Aide Gets Waiver To Investigate Airline Plot

January 1, 2010 By PETER BAKER The White House has granted a special ethics waiver to allow President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser to conduct a review of the intelligence and screening breakdown that preceded the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt on an American passenger plane over Detroit. John O. Brennan, the deputy national security adviser for homeland security... Full article »

Obama Is Reported Set to Revise Counterterrorism Efforts

January 8, 2009 By PETER BAKER President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former Central Intelligence Agency official to coordinate counterterrorism, people close to the transition said Wednesday. The plan being discussed would eliminate the independent homeland security adviser's office and... Full article »

After Sharp Words on C.I.A., Obama Faces a Delicate Task

December 3, 2008 By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE For two years on the presidential campaign trail, Barack Obama rallied crowds with strongly worded critiques of the Bush administration's most controversial counterterrorism programs, from hiding terrorism suspects in secret Central Intelligence Agency jails to questioning them with methods he denounced as torture. Now Mr. Obama must take charge of... Full article »

THE NEW TEAM; John O. Brennan

November 14, 2008 By MARK MAZZETTI As he prepares to take office, President-elect Barack Obama is relying on a small team of advisers who will lead his transition operation and help choose the members of the Obama administration. Following is part of a series of profiles of potential members of the administration. Name: John O. Brennan Being considered for: Director of national... Full article »

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