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  • The "super-secret" National Security Agency, based at Fort Meade, Md., has declassified some details about its history.
(Associated Press)

    Inside the Ring: NSA under Reagan

    By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

    The National Security Agency, the electronic spy and code-breaking service whose name frequently is mentioned with the words “super-secret,” recently declassified details of its history. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • **FILE** Tamerlan Tsarnaev smiles after accepting the trophy for winning the 2010 New England Golden Gloves Championship in Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 17, 2010. The 26-year-old boxer, who had been known to the FBI as Suspect No. 1 in the Boston Marathon explosions and was seen in surveillance footage in a black baseball cap, was killed on April 19, 2013, officials said. (Associated Press/The Lowell Sun)

    Acquaintance of Boston bombing suspect shot, killed by FBI

    By Jerry Seper - The Washington Times

    A Florida man, who was fatally shot Wednesday by an FBI agent after he reportedly attacked the agent with a knife during questioning about the Boston Marathon bombing, implicated himself and bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev in a 2011 Massachusetts triple murder, law enforcement authorities said. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • FBI identifies 5 suspects in Benghazi attack; no arrests yet

    By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

    U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

  •  ** FILE ** Thomas R. Pickering (Associated Press)

    Pickering complies with House request for Benghazi interview

    By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

    The career diplomat who led the internal State Department probe into the Benghazi terrorist attacks has agreed to a private, transcribed interview with investigators from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which had issued a subpoena after his initial resistance. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • Rep. Niki Tsongas, Massachusetts Democrat (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

    House panel moves to curb military sexual assaults

    By Richard Lardner - Associated Press

    Members of a House panel angry over sexual abuse problems in the military are set to vote on a bill that would strip commanding officers of their authority to unilaterally change or dismiss court-martial convictions — a change that lawmakers believe will lead to a cultural shift that encourages more victims to step forward. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • A U.S. Army recruit negotiates the confidence course during the white phase of basic combat training at Fort Jackson, S.C., on June 14, 2006. The training lasts nine weeks and is divided into red, white and blue phases. Soldiers in the white phase are in their final three weeks. (Department of Defense/Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force)

    Adultery charge takes down Fort Jackson general

    By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

    A U.S. Army Training Center commander at Fort Jackson in South Carolina was suspended over allegations he committed adultery, a military spokesman said. Published May 22, 2013 Comments

  • ** FILE ** In this undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011, by the U.S. Department of Defense, a man whom the American government identified as Osama bin Laden watches television with an image of President Obama on the screen. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Defense)

    Court: U.S. can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

    By Frederic J. Frommer - Associated Press

    A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. Published May 21, 2013 Comments

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