• How the children of Argentina's ‘disappeared’ are being reunited with their birth families

    How the children of Argentina's ‘disappeared’ are being reunited with their birth families

    Oct 20, 2015 12:18 AM EDT

    ... Journalist: The country came together, I think, in this huge cry of joy. I went to the press conference where she appeared publicly with him for the first time, and there's a room packed full of journalists all in tears, myself included, because she represented so much for us ...

  • Will lapse in surveillance laws make the U.S. less secure?

    Will lapse in surveillance laws make the U.S. less secure?

    May 30, 2015 06:16 PM EDT

    ... USA Freedom Act becomes law, the business records provision and the roving wiretap authority would return immediately. The NSA would resume collecting American telephone records for a six-month period while shifting to a system of searching phone company records case by case. If no agreement is reached, all the ...

  • Shields and Brooks on Baltimore police problems, Bernie Sanders’ election entrance

    Shields and Brooks on Baltimore police problems, Bernie Sanders’ election entrance

    May 01, 2015 11:09 PM EDT

    ... do about this. JUDY WOODRUFF: And, in fact, the president said, David, this week, the country -- we as a country have to do some soul-searching. DAVID BROOKS: Yes. Well, I would agree with soul searching. I disagree with indifference. And so I do think we -- the problem is not ...

  • Who blinks first between Obama, Republicans?

    Who blinks first between Obama, Republicans?

    Jan 12, 2015 02:10 PM EDT

    ... be unveiled by Rep. Chris Van Hollen on Monday that would give couples earning less than $200,000 a tax credit. But both parties are searching for a credible populist message ahead of 2016. Politico’s Drew Samuelsohn looks at how campaigns are reaching out to 16-year-olds ahead ...

  • NSA dissenters warned of possible privacy backlash in 2009

    NSA dissenters warned of possible privacy backlash in 2009

    Nov 20, 2014 08:17 PM EDT

    ... on condition of anonymity because he didn't have permission to discuss a classified matter, said he knows of no evidence the program was used for anything other than hunting for terrorism plots in the U.S. But he said he and others made the case that the collection of ...

  • Senate demands public accounting from John Brennan over CIA spying

    Senate demands public accounting from John Brennan over CIA spying

    Aug 01, 2014 03:25 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — For months, CIA Director John Brennan stood firm in his insistence that the CIA had little to be ashamed of after searching the computers of the Senate Intelligence Committee. His defiant posture quickly collapsed after a devastating report by his own inspector general sided against the CIA on each ...

  • Supreme Court takes on police searches of cellphones

    Supreme Court takes on police searches of cellphones

    Apr 27, 2014 03:59 PM EDT

    Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device. Is it a critical tool for a criminal or is it an American's virtual home?

  • Report on Bush-era war on terror may further divide Congress, CIA

    Report on Bush-era war on terror may further divide Congress, CIA

    Mar 24, 2014 03:13 PM EDT

    If senators vote this week to release key sections of a voluminous report on terrorist interrogations, an already strained relationship between lawmakers and the CIA could become even more rancorous, and President Barack Obama might have to step into the fray.

  • Obama seeks to stay neutral in CIA-Senate spat

    Obama seeks to stay neutral in CIA-Senate spat

    Mar 15, 2014 02:29 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON -- For President Barack Obama, a public spat between his trusted ally at the CIA and a loyal Democratic senator has put into sharp focus his complicated role in managing the post-Sept. 11 anti-terror programs he inherited from George W. Bush. The president wants to stay neutral in the feud that erupted last week...

  • News Wrap: Military radar shows missing Malaysian flight veered off-course