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CIA Review Clears Its Spies of Wrongdoing in Senate Hack
An accountability board attributed the CIA's spying on Senate networks to a 'miscommunication,' contradicting previous statements from the agency. By Dustin Volz and Lauren Fox
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How Scared Should You Be of Al Qaeda’s New Butt Bomb?
Al Qaeda’s most recent publication offers a recipe for a new explosive that goes where no one should go. By Patrick Tucker
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Obama's Careful Dance Around Radical Islam
To not call the attacks in France Islamic extremism whitewashes from public debate an important detail: These terrorists are invoking a great religion to do evil. By Ron Fournier
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How Obscurity Helps Boko Haram's Reign of Terror
The killings in France struck directly at the core Western values -- and kept the world's attention away from a new, disturbing tactic in Nigeria's bloody conflict. By John Campbell
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ISIS, al-Qaeda and Why It Doesn't Matter to Would-Be Jihadists
Despite divergent personal and political aims, the real differences between al-Qaeda and ISIS are often irrelevant to aspiring jihadis like the Paris attackers. By Bobby Ghosh
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Why It Remains Difficult To Shut Down Jihadist Propaganda Online
Online companies are struggling to figure out how to balance free speech with promoting extremist content and propaganda, and it is not easy. By Heather Timmons
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Are the Chinese Failing To Equip Their Infantry?
Beijing is paying considerably more attention to platform and weapons development than it is to how well it outfits its individual soldiers. By Lauren Dickey and Emerson Brooking
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Boko Haram Kills 'Too Many to Count' in Nigeria
According to Amnesty International, the group's assault on a Nigerian border town may be its "deadliest act" yet. By Adam Chandler
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A Dramatic End to the French Hostage Standoff
As French police surrounded the Paris gunmen, where the two have at least one hostage, another related hostage crisis is unfolding in a Paris supermarket. By Adam Chandler and Dashiell Bennett
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5 Months of Air Strikes in Iraq and Syria in 4 Charts
Five months, 1,689 strikes, and more than 3,200 targets, the campaign against the Islamic State rumbles on. By Kedar Pavgi
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Manhunt Underway for Paris Attackers
Despite the surrender of a possible accomplice, the two main suspects remain at large. By Dashiell Bennett
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Europe Under Siege
The view from Brussels, where the Charlie Hebdo massacre has quickly come to represent an attack on the entire region's security and freedom. By Jeffrey Goldberg
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Lockheed Working To Extend Range of U.S. Missile Interceptors
Lockheed Martin is working to extend the range of its THAAD interceptor rockets that the Pentagon has deployed to shoot down North Korean missiles fired at Guam. By Marcus Weisgerber
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