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5 Chinese Cyber Attacks That Might Be Even Worse Than the OPM Hack

If the Chinese government is in fact behind the OPM hack, it would not be their boldest alleged move in cyberspace; only the most recent.

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What the US Should Do About ISIS Now

More than a dozen experts and scholars weigh in on how the U.S. should regroup as the coalition nears the end of its first year of fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.

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Obama Administration Transfers 6 Guantanamo Detainees to Oman

Defense Secretary Ash Carter ends a five-month pause in transfers as the White House and Congress battle over the future of the U.S. military prison.

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OPM Breach Just Put America’s Spies ‘At High Risk’

Hackers may now have detailed biographical information and a virtual phonebook of every United States intelligence asset.

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To Beat Boko Haram, Nigeria Must Craft a Future for Its Child Soldiers

Boko Haram has anywhere between 7,000 and 10,000 regular fighters, and no military campaign against them can—or should—envisage killing them all.

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What the New US Troops Will Do in Iraq

The Pentagon hopes the new personnel will help increase the pace of the anti-ISIS air campaign.

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It's Nearly Impossible to Understand What Motivates Terrorists

Asking how people join terrorist groups is more worthwhile than asking why.

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Iraq's Problem Is So Much Bigger Than Just Training Its Military

President Obama may blame the lack of a strategy for training the troops on Baghdad, but solving ISIS is much bigger than finding a fighting force.

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ISIS Is Using Tunnel Bombs in Iraq

Updating an ancient tactic, Islamic State militants — as well as rebels in Syria — are digging virtually undetectable tunnels, then planting bombs to blow up buildings and other targets.

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Boko Haram and Nigeria's Army Are in a Human Rights Abuse Feedback Loop

Just as the White House wants to escalate its role in Nigeria's war with Boko Haram, Amnesty International says Abuja's army has a disturbing abundance of human rights abuses all its own.

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A Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Suggests, Obliquely, that US Hacked Networks

Mimicking American security firms that point fingers in Beijing's direction, Qihoo 360 says that a foreign group has launched persistent attacks on China.

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This Is How Little the US-Led Air War Against ISIS Has Achieved

The U.S.-led coalition has carried out nearly 3,800 airstrikes since August, but that's led to few gains for an Iraqi military that has a long way to go before it can hold territory.