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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addresses the media from the Ecuadorian embassy in central London in February.

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WikiLeaks Offers Reward In Search For Democratic Party Staffer's Killer

6:56pm August 10, 2016

by Philip Ewing

Founder Julian Assange has dropped broad hints that emails leaked to the site which embarrassed party leaders came from the murdered man. Police and the man's family don't support the story.

Former Secret Service Agent Considers Likely Responses To Trump Comments

6:25pm August 10, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jonathan Wackrow, a former secret service agent, about how he would handle Donald Trump's comments implying that "Second Amendment people" could stop Hillary Clinton.

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Nicholas Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism, says progress against the Islamic State may be slow to affect the terror attacks plaguing the West.

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Counterterrorism Chief Sees Gains On The Battlefield, Stubborn Threats At Home

2:09pm August 10, 2016

Nick Rasmussen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, says progress against the Islamic State may be slow to affect the terror attacks plaguing the West.

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'The Atlantic' Investigates Whether America Is Any Safer Since 9/11

4:43pm August 09, 2016

Journalist-entrepreneur Steven Brill carried out a year-long investigation for The Atlantic looking at security in the U.S. in the 15 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brill about his investigation into the question of whether the U.S. is any safer.

Pat Smith speaks during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last month. Smith's son Sean was killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012.

Parents Of 2 Benghazi Victims Sue Hillary Clinton For Wrongful Death

1:35pm August 09, 2016

by Carrie Johnson

They allege the attack "was directly and proximately caused" by the then-secretary of state's mishandling of government secrets. Legal experts say the lawsuit would have to meet a high bar to proceed.

Veteran Authors Look To Reclaim The Story Of War

4:37pm August 08, 2016

by Quil Lawrence

A new generation of veteran novelists are trying to navigate the pressure to be spokesmen for all veterans while simply trying to write good literature.

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Yemenis gather around a burnt car after it was targeted by a drone strike killing three suspected al-Qaida militants in January 2015.

U.S. Releases Procedures For Approving Strikes Against Terror Suspects

4:08pm August 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The document provides a window into the decision-making process for authorizing drone strikes and other forms of lethal force.

Piecing Together The Complex Structure Of ISIS

9:14am August 07, 2016

The Islamic State's attacks in Paris last year brought attention to the group's terrorism network abroad. The New York Times' Rukmini Callimachi talks to Ailsa about the structure of ISIS.

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Former George W. Bush Advisor Among Foreign Policy Experts Who Say Never Trump

11:05am August 06, 2016

Kori Schake, a foreign policy adviser to President George W. Bush, is one of the Republicans who's declared support for Hillary Clinton. Scott Simon talks with her about her choice.

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Obama Administration Looks To Ramp Up Syrian Strategy

9:14am August 06, 2016

Dennis Ross, a former Obama administration adviser on the Middle East, says it's time for the U.S. to bomb the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad. He explains his argument for NPR's Scott Simon.