Dana Priest | The Seattle Times

August 15, 2013 at 8:37 pm

Artist’s covert clothing resists government surveillance

WASHINGTON — At the Pentagon and CIA, they are known as “countermeasures,” the jargony adaptation of Newton’s Third Law: For every action, there is an...

Business

June 11, 2013 at 6:58 pm

Private contractors play key role in U.S. intelligence work

The unprecedented leak of top-secret documents by National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden raises far-reaching questions about the government’s rush to outsource intelligence work...

Nation & World

May 1, 2013 at 7:20 pm

U.S. role to decrease as Mexico’s drug-war strategy shifts

MEXICO CITY — For the past seven years, Mexico and the United States have forged an unparalleled alliance against Mexico’s drug cartels, one based on...

Nation & World

August 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Riding into the Old West

After 10 slow miles on a bumpy dirt road with no other person or dwelling in sight, it crossed my mind that maybe the owners...

July 22, 2010 at 11:40 am

Cash cow for contractors

Close to 30 percent of the work in intelligence agencies is done by contractors at a huge cost to taxpayers.

Nation & World

July 21, 2010 at 3:00 am

Top Secret America | Snoops in our suburbs

Burgeoning complexes of intelligence-gathering federal workers and contractors are transforming many communities. The most notable such change is taking place in and around Fort Meade,...

Nation & World

July 19, 2010 at 3:00 am

Top Secret America | U.S. has built an intel monster, but are we safer?

The system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine.

December 2, 2007 at 12:00 am

Army charges Iraq vet over self-inflicted gun wound

In a nondescript conference room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside listened last week as an Army prosecutor...

Nation & World

March 5, 2007 at 12:00 am

Soldiers, families, vets: It’s not just Walter Reed

The mistreatment of outpatients at the renowned hospital has triggered accounts of bleak conditions and neglect at military centers for the wounded nationwide.

Nation & World

February 21, 2007 at 12:00 am

Officials call for fast fixes at Walter Reed

The White House and congressional leaders called Tuesday for a swift investigation and repair of the problems plaguing outpatient care at...

Nation & World