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Sean Naylor talked about his book, Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command, in which he looks at the history of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).…

Government officials and industry leaders spoke at a Cybersecurity Summit hosted by Washington Post Live. Topics included U.S. cybersecurity strategy and infrastructure security, as well as …

John Rizzo, the man who represented the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Iran-Contra scandal and participated in approving the rules for waterboarding, talked about his book, Company…

Three journalists and a former member of the George W. Bush administration talked about the proper balance between the public’s right to know intelligence information and protection of natio…

Dana Priest talked about her book Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State. In her book she argues that the top-secret world that the government created in response to…

In the book she co-wrote with William M. Arkin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter argues that the federal government’s efforts to protect America after the terrorist attack…

At an annual awards seminar celebrating excellence in journalism, investigative journalists spoke about government secrecy and transparency, the role of reporters in uncovering secret inform…

Dana Priest talked about her Washington Post series, "Top Secret America, co-written with William Arkin, on the national security buildup in the United States following the Sept. 11, 2001, a…

Jane Mayer talked about her book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, published by Doubleday. In her book she uses historic American…

The awards given were the W.M. Kiplinger Award for Distinguished Contributions to Journalism to Thomas L. Friedman; the Sol Taishoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism to Gordon Pe…

A tribute was held for Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered on October 7, 2006, in the elevator of her apartment building. A special correspondent for Russia’s …

Mrs. Ogata talked about her book The Turbulent Decade: Confronting the Refugee Crises of the 1990s, published by W. W. Norton and Company. In the book she recounted her experiences and the …

The panelists talked about the topic of national security secrets in a democracy, including leaks, whistleblowers, and the media. Other topics included classified documents, counterterrorism…

Scholars, political administrators, and journalists discuss the state of U.S. counterterrorism strategies and the changes federal programs have undergone since 2001.

A roundtable discussion about the U.S. in wartime was held with authors featured in the anthology, edited by Brian Lamb, Booknotes on American Character: People, Politics, and Conflict in A…

Dana Priest interviewed author Melissa Boyle Mahle about her book Denial and Deception: An Insider’s View of the CIA From Iran Contra to 9/11, published by Thunder’s Mouth, Nation Books. Am…