Oct 31 Q&A with former CIA lawyer John Rizzo By Adelyn Baxter The Senate, the CIA and the White House are still negotiating over the delayed release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report examining the CIA’s rendition, detention and interrogation program for al-Qaeda detainees. NewsHour spoke to former CIA lawyer John Rizzo… Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch What threat do 'lone wolf' terrorists pose to America's national security? By PBS News Hour Last Monday in Quebec, a man purposely crashed his car into two soldiers, killing one of them. On Thursday in Queens, New York, a man who had posted comments sympathetic to jihadists used a hatchet to attack four rookie police… Continue watching
Oct 13 James Risen: Government crackdown on whistleblowers bad for democracy By Morgan Till Author and journalist James Risen bores into the many costs of the so-called “War on Terror” in his new book “Pay Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War." The toll is a heavy one in Risen’s telling -- he weaves… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch News Wrap: Rice says U.S. ready for Syria airstrikes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, National Security Advisor Susan Rice announced that the U.S. is ready to start airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State, but did not indicate when they would begin. France conducted its first strike against the… Continue watching
Aug 05 At least one American killed in Afghan attack By Robert Burns, Associated Press A U.S. official says "about a dozen" of the victims of an Afghan insider attack on Tuesday were Americans, and at least one American was killed. Continue reading
Jul 31 Twitter Chat: Is social media a weapon in modern warfare? By Nora Daly What is the role of social media in modern warfare? How has this changed as the medium evolves? What responsibility do sites such as Facebook and Twitter have to regulate (or restrict) users’ promotion of military actions? Join the conversation… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Report examines effects of surveillance on reporters' sources By PBS News Hour A new report by Human Rights Watch and the ACLU says the American government has overstepped its boundaries in clamping down on the work of reporters and their sources. Jeffrey Brown gets debate on the findings from Dana Priest of… Continue watching
Jul 25 Watch 9:03 National Security Advisor Rice on sticking points of Mideast cease-fire and Russia proxy-war potential By PBS News Hour National Security Advisor Susan Rice says the U.S. doesn't support Hamas' use of force as an attempt to end economic isolation. She joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the prospect of a 12-hour humanitarian pause in the battle between Israel and… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 9/11 Commission: Americans can't be complacent about new security threats By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch How will U.S. deliver consequences if Eastern Ukraine conflict doesn't improve? By PBS News Hour Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser for strategic communications, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the Geneva deal, escalating unrest in Ukraine and the prospect of imposing additional sanctions on Russia. Continue watching