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At Guantanamo, Big Threats Found In Small Clues

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The Guantanamo Papers

At Guantanamo, Big Threats Found In Small Clues

April 29, 2011 • Hundreds of classified documents from the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo provide a look at how military officials determined whom they had in custody and whether they might have ties to terrorism. Interrogators were trained to look for subtle clues — among them, a Casio F-91W watch, said to be the favored timepiece of al-Qaida bomb-makers.

At Guantanamo, Big Threats Found In Small Clues

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Opinion

The Nation: Can New Security Team Exit Afghanistan?

The Nation

April 29, 2011 • President Obama announced a shake up in his national security team recently: General Petraeus will head the CIA, and Leon Panetta will become Defense Secretary. Robert Dreyfuss of The Nation hopes the staffing changes will lead the U.S. out of Afghanistan.

World

Security Team Shuffle Hints At Cautious Period Ahead

April 28, 2011 • President Obama's picks to head Defense and the CIA mostly suggest continuity of policy but also point to possible debates with Congress over military spending and the direction of the war in Afghanistan.

Opinion

New Republic: What We See In The Gitmo Papers

The New Republic

April 28, 2011 • The recent release of thousands of pages about detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison have been chilling and enlightening. but Joseph Margulies of The New Republic argues that for most people, the papers told them exactly what they wanted to hear.

Opinion

Foreign Policy: An Improved National Security Team?

Foreign Policy

April 28, 2011 • President Obama's reshuffling of his national security team has some smiling, and others shaking their heads, but David Rothkopf of Foreign Policy argues that the best addition to the group is a more experienced President Obama.

The Guantanamo Papers

Judges Question Evidence On Detainees

April 28, 2011 • A side-by-side comparison of the Pentagon's secret Guantanamo detainee assessment briefs and federal court rulings shows that intelligence analysts and federal judges can reach starkly opposing conclusions from the same raw intelligence.

Judges Question Evidence On Detainees

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White House Plans For New National Security Team

April 27, 2011 • President Obama is expected to announce changes to his national security team. Leon Panetta, the current CIA boss, is expected to take over for Robert Gates at the Pentagon. And Gen. David Petraeus is said to be the pick to replace Panetta at the spy agency. NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman talks to Michele Norris.

Tom Bowman on All Things Considered

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Weekly Standard: In Defense of Defense Spending

Weekly Standard

April 27, 2011 • President Obama has called for $400 billion in cuts to the Pentagon's budget over the next 12 years. But Thomas Donnelly of The Weekly Standard argues that this breaks our moral contract with the armed forced — one that assures that they will be well equipped to win the battles they are sent to fight.

The Guantanamo Papers

Leaked Documents Reveal New Details On Guantanamo

April 25, 2011 • A trove of more than 700 leaked military documents has provided detailed information about the detainees who have served at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston and The New York Times' Scott Shane share what they have learned from the materials.

Leaked Documents Reveal New Details On Guantanamo

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Detainees Freed, Transferred Despite 'High Risk'

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Detainees Freed, Transferred Despite 'High Risk'

April 24, 2011 • Hundreds of secret documents show that military and counterterrorism analysts sometimes found it difficult to determine whether those held in the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay were truly dangerous.

Detainees Freed, Transferred Despite 'High Risk'

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