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• Senate panel votes to approve Obama’s CIA nominee

  March 5, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee voted today to approve President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the CIA after winning a behind-the-scenes battle with the White House over access …

• Petraeus mistress won’t face cyberstalking charge

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has decided not to charge David Petraeus’ mistress, Paula Broadwell, with cyberstalking as part of its investigation into an email scandal that led to …

• Soldier’s case dominated by testimony on suicide

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — In a military hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning that has unfolded over the past two weeks, the reams of classified documents he is accused of …

• Army GI testifies he thought he’d die in custody

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history testified Thursday that he felt like a doomed, caged animal after he was …

• Army GI in WikiLeaks case takes stand at hearing

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history took the stand Thursday at a military hearing about what he contends was …

• Officer: General didn’t direct Manning’s treatment

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A retired Marine Corps colonel denied Tuesday that a three-star general directed the harsh pretrial confinement of an Army private charged with passing reams of …

• Women in Petraeus scandal had visited White House

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The two women at the center of the David Petraeus scandal — the biographer with whom he had an extramarital affair and the socialite who received worrisome … 3

• An apologetic Petraeus expresses regret for affair

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-CIA Director David Petraeus, who was whisked clandestinely into private meetings with Congress on Friday to avoid reporters, expressed regret anew in an appearance that marked his … 1

• Petraeus due at Capitol for Benghazi questioning

  November 16, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director David Petraeus is preparing to field questions from lawmakers about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, his appearance on Capitol Hill coming …

• Questions on sex scandal: Top officials testify

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Top national security officials trudged to Capitol Hill on Thursday to grapple with fallout from the David Petraeus sex scandal as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked service …

• A single spiteful email unlocks a Pandora’s box

  November 15, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — It started in May with a spiteful email to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. An anonymous writer warned Gen. John Allen that a friend with whom …

• Obama responds warily to sex scandal, FBI probe

  November 14, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding warily to his administration’s sudden sex scandal, President Barack Obama said Wednesday he’s seen no evidence that national security was damaged by the revelations that ended …

• Scandal widens in probe of top US general’s emails

  November 13, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The sex scandal that led to CIA Director David Petraeus’ downfall widened Tuesday with word the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is under investigation for thousands of … 11

• Petraeus said to be shocked by girlfriend’s emails

  November 12, 2012 in Nation/World TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to stay away from …

• AP sources: Navy SEALs punished for secrets breach

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden, have been punished for disclosing classified information, …

• AP sources: Navy SEALs punished for secrets breach

  November 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Seven members of the secretive Navy SEAL Team 6, including one involved in the mission to get Osama bin Laden, have been punished for disclosing classified information, …

• Ex-CIA man pleads to leaking operative’s identity

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) — A former CIA officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to leaking the identity of one of the agency’s covert operatives to a reporter and will be sentenced to …

• Ex-CIA man likely to plead guilty in leak case

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A former CIA officer accused of leaking the names of covert operatives to journalists is expected to enter a guilty plea as part of a plea deal. … 1

• US diplomats in Beirut burning classified material

  September 17, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material as a security precaution amid anti-American protests in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle …

• Pentagon says ex-SEAL book contains secrets

  September 4, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Navy SEAL’s insider account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden contains classified information, the Pentagon said Tuesday, and the admiral who heads the …

• SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden’s death

  August 29, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind … 1