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Germany Charges Own Spy With Spilling Secrets To US, Russia

The spy, arrested last summer, is accused of accepting more than $100,000 from the CIA to snoop on Germany.

  • Dustin Volz, National Journal
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Drone giant already spying for Pentagon; Smoking gun on the Iran deal?; About that Stephen Hawking letter; Koreas trade fire; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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The Ashley Madison Hack Is Not OPM (But the Government May Be Watching It Anyway)

Thousands of the site’s affair-seeking users registered from .mil and .gov domains — at least ostensibly.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Female SEALs could happen; ISIS gains Uzbek allies; Kurds under fire; Putin plays Cousteau; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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Female Rangers make history; Bombing in Bangkok; Di$crepancy in LRSB costs?; Moscow Twitter trolls US intel; Rubik’s cube puzzler; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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Tabbed! Female Rangers Lead the Way, but Now What?

Two women have completed the U.S. Army’s grueling Ranger School. What comes next is up to a new cadre of Army leaders.

  • Kevin Baron
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Trump targets Jeb Bush’s Iraq; Hillary hits back; US pulling Turkey’s Patriots; ‘Gitmo’ search; Fallen Army Golden Knight; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
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ISIS may have chemical weapons; How SecDef picked his team; Jeb won’t rule out waterboarding; What to show the Chinese delegation on your base; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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A Better Deal With Iran Is Possible

A congressional “no” doesn’t have to mean “no, never.” It can also mean “not now, not this way.” Here’s what a better deal might look like.

  • Robert Satloff
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An Iraq Combat Vet Looks at the Iran Deal

I fought alongside men and women to prevent a Mideast dictator from obtaining WMD; this deal represents a better way.

  • Michael Breen
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How Violent ISIS Videos Help Mobilize New Recruits

Aug. 19 will mark one year since James Foley’s execution was posted on YouTube. Such videos offer, to certain minds, a paean to masculinity and a path out of powerlessness.

  • Roxanne L. Euben
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Deadly day in Iraq; F-16s strike from Turkey; Odierno’s last presser; SpecOps helo crashes on ship; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Odierno Wades Into GOP Battle Over Iraq War

If Iraqi soldiers don’t make progress in the coming months, the Pentagon should recommend embedding troops on the battlefield, says Gen. Raymond Odierno, the outgoing Army chief of staff.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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What's Putin Doing in the Arctic? Trying To Keep Russians Distracted

Stuck in Ukraine, battered by global energy trends, the Russian president is trying to insure his still-stratospheric popularity at home.

  • Brian Whitmore
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Reclaiming Ramadi; Did ISIS dox US troops?; Who lost Iraq, redux; Swiss raid French lake to help thirsty cows; and a bit more.

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Pentagon wants another base in Turkey; Odierno’s last week; Drone operators behaving badly; Russia wants nuclear aircraft carrier; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Taliban targets Kabul; US sends F-16s to Turkey; Arms sales resume to Bahrain; How to email DoD Silicon Valley; and a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Precedent set for ISIS detainees; GOP debaters give natsec short shrift; U.S.-trained Syrians go missing; Exclusive video from hybrid-war exercise; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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US Releases First ISIS Detainee to Iraq, Setting Precedent for a New War

The White House hands Nasrin As’ad Ibrahim to Iraqi authorities, saying it has a ‘firm belief that she will be held to account for her crimes.’

  • Molly O'Toole
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Army Holds Massive Drill To Show Off Its Lethality

After spending 14 years fighting insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Army is preparing for a hybrid war.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
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