THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 23, 2013
Watch Live: Obama Addresses Drones, Gitmo
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 17, 2013
Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act

President Obama summoned Pentagon leaders to the White House Thursday to discuss what Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey declared a crisis: sexual assaults in the military. At the center of the debate: should military commanders be stripped of their sole authority to decide whether complaints of sexual assault go forward?
ANALYSIS | May 15, 2013
New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Those Charged With Prevention, Protection

Two members of the military responsible for preventing sexual assaults and protecting victims are facing allegations that they committed sex crimes. A recent Pentagon survey found that 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted in 2012. For more, Margaret Warner talks with Craig Whitlock of The Washington Post.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 9, 2013
Champion of Military Sexual Assault Awareness Questions if Change Is Possible
ANALYSIS | May 7, 2013
Report on Military's Growing Number of Sexual Assaults Draws Presidential Rebuke

A new Pentagon report finds the official number of sexual assaults in the U.S. military rose to nearly 3,400 in 2012, while up to 26,000 cases went unreported. Ray Suarez talks to Time magazine's Mark Thompson about whether adjudication of sexual assault up the military chain of command affects the number of crimes reported.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | May 1, 2013
The True Un-Hollywood Story of a Sisterhood's Hunt for Bin Laden
CONVERSATION | April 23, 2013
Book Examines the Blurring Line Between Soldiers and Spies Since 9/11 Attacks

How did the U.S. intelligence community embrace a more operational role in the days after September 11? Margaret Warner talks to New York Times national security correspondent Mark Mazzetti, who explores that transition in his new book, "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the End of the Earth."
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 23, 2013
'The Way of the Knife' Examines Conflict Between CIA, Pentagon

Margaret Warner talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author Mark Mazzetti on his new book "The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth." Mazzetti talks about the competition between the CIA and the Pentagon in the years following 9/11 as the global manhunt for terrorists intensified.
THE RUNDOWN BLOG | April 23, 2013
Gitmo by the Numbers
REPORT | April 22, 2013
Does Force-feeding Guantanamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Violate Their Rights?

Over half of the inmates at Guatanamo Bay Prison are refusing to eat, protesting the length of their detention, legal limbo and quality of life. Ray Suarez talks with Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald about the origins of the protest and the question of self-determination when it comes to the prisoners' hunger strike.











