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Don’t Like That Israel Has the Bomb? Blame Nixon.
Newly declassified documents reveal how the Nixon White House looked the other way while Israel built the Middle East’s first nukes.
Vladimir Channels the Gipper
Putin's rationale for invading Crimea sounds a lot like Reagan's for invading Grenada.
CIA Admits It Was Behind Iran’s Coup
The agency finally owns up to its role in the 1953 operation.
The Secret History of the U-2
A just-released CIA report pulls the covers off America's most famous spy plane -- and Area 51.
Venting and Complaining
How the United States and the Soviet Union tried to conceal the problem of radioactive leaks from underground nuclear tests.
Israel’s Secret Uranium Buy
How Argentina fueled Ben-Gurion's nuclear program.
Mission: Assassination
The CIA's a lot better at targeted killing now than it used to be.
War Scare
The real-life war game that almost led to nuclear armageddon.
When America Became a Cyberwarrior
A secret document shows the NSA has been planning attacks since the Clinton years.
Will Chinese Troops Cross the Yalu?
U.S. intelligence looks at Beijing's military options in North Korea.
Thatcher’s Foreign Policy ‘Failure’
She wanted Gorbachev to stop the reunification of Germany.
A Clear View from Foggy Bottom
How State Department analysts -- and no one else -- foresaw the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
Our Man in Havana
Was USAID planning to overthrow Castro?
The ‘Dynamite’ Pentagon Interview Behind ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Michael Vickers 'delivered' for the movie.
The Plan to Stop Green-on-Blue Violence
The Pentagon’s secret PowerPoint on Afghan insider attacks.
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