central intelligence agency

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Corrupt State a greater concern than the Deep State

Robert B. Reich: The real threat to America isn't President Trump's "Deep State"; it's his "Corrupt State."

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Donald Trump, inexplicable defender of autocrats who wish us ill

One can only hope that President Trump was lying about his support for individuals who threaten U.S. democracy and national security.

• Opinion

CIA over censors former employees' writing

I have joined in a lawsuit with other former federal employees to end the government’s censorship of our writings on national security issues. The current publications-review system of our intelligence agencies is dysfunctional, inhibiting our ability to participate in national security debates

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Foreign threats

Using make-believe numbers and condemning intelligence chiefs, President Trump once again demonstrates only he can identify which security threats poll best with his base.

• News

Federal agents blamed Martin Luther King's nonviolent movement for violence in Baltimore, other cities

A five-decade old FBI threat assessment of race riots in U.S. cities says Martin Luther King Jr. and others are responsible for inciting the violence.

By Doug Donovan

Jan 18, 2019

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: New strategic focus an improvement, but U.S. must abandon nation-state cronyism

It's hard to recall a time since the end of the Cold War when the top threat to American interests hasn't been identified as either terrorism or cyberattacks. But now there's a greater recognition that America is after the same slice of the limited global pie as other nations.

• Opinion

The left is tyrannical, not Trump

The political left's intolerant behavior toward the current president is worse than anything Donald Trump has done.

• Maryland

Letter: Russians influence on election overblown

This is in response to Frank Batavick's article "Russian influence not going away": Frank states "the Russians have compromised our electoral system. ... Why

• News

Former NSA contractor Reality Winner facing 'longest sentence' for leak to media

A former NSA contractor who was once sentenced in Maryland faces the "longest sentence" ever behind bars for a federal crime involving leaks to the news media, prosecutors said in a court filing.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Crony-industrial complex thrives on security clearances

Rachel Marsden: President Trump should revoke security clearances for anyone leaving the public sector.

• Opinion

Irony alert: In dissing intelligence community, Trump attacks his own

U.S. intelligence community sees the world a lot like Donald Trump.

• Opinion

'Abolish' ICE? Maybe 'Purge' is a better word

Reorganizing or reconstituting failed immigration enforcement agency isn't so shocking an idea.

• Opinion

Gina Haspel: the difference a denouncement makes

Gina Haspel says 'enhanced interrogation' should never have happened - finally, proof that a lesson has been learned at the CIA.

• Commentary

Zirpoli: Trump is weak on Russia ... but why?

Hours before calling Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to tell him he was being fired from his position, Trump publicly announced Tillerson’s firing in a tweet. With that tweet, once again, Trump demonstrated two things: He has no loyalty to those who serve in his administration and he has no class.

• Opinion

Hulu series 'The Looming Tower' powerfully revisits the road to 9/11

Hulu's 10-part docudrama based on Lawrence Wright's book about the lead-up to 9/11 is not to be missed.

By David Zurawik

Feb 28, 2018

• Opinion

Pitts: In Trump they trust

Republicans don't trust media or law enforcement, just Donald Trump, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Commentary

Wack: Enemies are turning tribal instinct against us

Regardless of your political affiliation or interests, in coming months it will be impossible to avoid hearing about the Mueller investigation into Russian involvement in U.S. affairs. Understanding how and why the Russians interfere requires a quick overview of the world of counterintelligence.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Trump, Putin striving to strike the right balance in US-Russia relations

We need more so-called "collusion" between the U.S. and Russia, says Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Trump refutes story on firing Rex Tillerson as fake news

 President Trump resumed his war on the American press Friday by tweeting that a widely circulated report that he was planning to fire his secretary of state was "fake news."

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Wiki-flood

Cal Thomas: If limited government means anything, surely it means limiting government from the power to invade the privacy of its citizens without due process.

• Entertainment

'Homeland' recap: 'Imminent Risk' showcases Dar's dark side

This week on "Homeland," Carrie gets her daughter taken away, Javadi meets with Saul, and Dar continues to mastermind.

• Baltimore City Paper

Field Tripping: Boner Killing

It’s the sex issue, and I want to write a sex-themed column to stay on theme and everything, but I have to say, a Trump administration is a serious boner

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Trump's takeover of the truth

Trump is using a two step strategy of despots: disparaging the press, then circumventing them.

• Opinion

Pitts: Trump's 'running war' is with the truth

Every president tells the occasional politically expedient untruth, but Trump lies constantly, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

Trump lies, then denies

President Trump's comments at CIA headquarters a classic example of 'alternative facts'

• Opinion

Unanswered hacking questions

Coverage of Russia hacking case fails to put proper context on alleged events

• Opinion

Witcover: Coping with the Russian hacking hangover

The controversy over hacked information has further cast a pall on the last weeks of the Obama presidency, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

Spy wars: Trump strikes back

President-elect's unsubstantiated criticisms of U.S. intelligence community undermine his own credibility as well as national security

• Russia

Emails were leaked, not hacked

It has been several weeks since the New York Times reported that "overwhelming circumstantial evidence" led the CIA to believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin "deployed computer hackers" to help Donald Trump win the election. But the evidence released so far has been far from overwhelming. We believe the information was actually leaked, and not hacked at all.

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Trump's cloud of illegitimacy

Robert Reich: No one thing delegitimizes Donald Trump's presidency, but the whole picture keeps getting darker.

• Opinion

Horsey: Trump slanders the CIA and tilts America toward Putin's Russia

Donald Trump is far quicker to defend himself than he is to rise to the defense of his country, says David Horsey.

• Opinion

Putin's actions 'outrageous'

Top intelligence experts recognize that Russians sought to meddle in U.S. election

• Opinion

Witcover: Obama's vital last presidential act

Before President Obama turns off the Oval Office lights for the last time, it's critical that he make good on his order for a definitive report from the full American intelligence community — not just the CIA and the FBI — on whether the Russian government hacked into U.S. cyberspace in ways that could have, or did, affect the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.

By Jules Witcover

Dec 19, 2016

• Maryland

In Trump, beleaguered intelligence community faces a new challenge: A disparaging boss

It's been a bruising few years for America's spies. And now they face a new challenge: laboring for a boss who has shown little interest in their work.

By Ian Duncan

Dec 17, 2016

• Opinion

Why believe CIA on Russia?

Journalists should be more skeptical of CIA claims of election interference.

• Opinion

Russian interference

A handful of senators offer hope that Putin and his cyberattacks on the U.S. will be taken seriously during the Trump years

• Politics

Spy games meet word games as officials warn Russia against election meddling

When some of the nation's top spies joined each other on stage at a conference Thursday, the question of whether Russia was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and state elections systems soon came up.

By Ian Duncan

Sep 8, 2016

• Opinion

Clinton's talk of coup won't matter to voters

Why Clinton's talk of coup won't matter to voters

• Opinion

Change comes to the NSA

Change comes to the NSA

• Opinion

Failure to protect U.S. special operations forces data is inexcusable

How could the U.S. allow sensitive information about special operations forces to be hacked, asks Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Obama's strategic bumbling is theater of the absurd

Obama's phony war on ISIS is about pretending to do something while the clock on his tenure runs out, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Entertainment

'Homeland' Season 5 premiere recap: Carrie's not-so normal life

The fifth season of "Homeland" opens with Carrie attending mass. She looks calm and happy as she takes communion.

• Pakistan

AP sources: CIA asking whether it missed imagery of Md. hostage in Pakistan

• Sun Investigates

How a CIA officer and a suspected terrorist came to agree about al-Qaida plot

In the immediate aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the CIA and other intelligence agencies worked to track down potential al-Qaida plotters around the world, while the plotters tried to come up with fresh ways to sow panic in the United States.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 6, 2015

• Maryland

Josh Rogin: Cruz walks foreign policy tightrope

• Opinion

Why Iran distrusts the U.S.

Why Iran distrusts the U.S.

• Opinion

The Petraeus double standard

Gen. David Petraeus joins a long, embarrassing line of national security principals who have flouted information security rules and gotten off relatively easily, revealing a double standard within the security community.

• Opinion

Is Panetta's hit on Obama a boon for Hillary?

Panetta has paved the way for Hillary Clinton to become the candidate with a warrior's heart, writes David Horsey.

• High School sports

John Carroll guard Elijah Long picks Florida Gulf Coast

Elijah Long of John Carroll and CIA Bounce is committed to play basketball for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles.

• Opinion

How America can defeat Ebola [Letter]

U.S. faces a challenging fight against a dreaded disease in West Africa