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**FILE** In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria, on Sept. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda’s strength with Syrian rebels now being downplayed

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama holds a National Security Council meeting in the Situation Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Obama may go solo with Syria strike; U.S., British lawmakers voice opposition

By Dave Boyer and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

** FILE ** National Intelligence Director James Clapper testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 18, 2013. Clapper is apologizing for telling Congress earlier this year that the National Security Agency does not collect data on millions of Americans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

McClatchy asks whether U.S. spied on its reporter and his sources in Afghanistan

Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TRACCI: Stop the litigation gravy train

By Robert N. Tracci

President Obama listens June 18, 2012, to Russian President Vladimir Putin before the opening of the first plenary session of the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Associated Press)

Russia violating 1987 nuclear missile treaty

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** A TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong Sunday, June 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Congress passed act in 2011 to detect, prevent ‘insider threats’

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, on June 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

Irony: Edward Snowden chooses havens that repress Internet freedoms

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks May 25, 2013, at a news conference at the World Economic Forum, in Southern Shuneh, southeast of Amman, Jordan. (Associated Press)

Surveillance contractors gave millions in campaign cash to congressional lawmakers

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

In a transfer-of-remains ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 14, carry teams brought home the remains of the four Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Family members say they still don’t know exactly how their loved ones died. (Associated Press)

FBI identifies 5 suspects in Benghazi attack; no arrests yet

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

One of China's biggest banks on Tuesday said it has halted business with the Foreign Trade Bank of North Korea, accused by the U.S. of financing Pyongyang's missile and nuclear programs, in a recent sign of Beijing pressuring its ally. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: China reins in North Korea

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** TSA agents check passenger identification at a security gate on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Terror watch list grows to 875,000

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Sen. Angus S. King Jr., Maine independent. (Associated Press)

Maine Sen. King: Don’t blame the FBI for Boston bombings

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

China’s new UCAV, a small bird-like drone shown during a recent military show at Zhuhai (Source: Chinese Internet via the Washington Free Beacon)

Red dawn: Communist China stepping up drone deployment

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

** FILE ** Steam rises from the cooling towers of nuclear reactors at Georgia Power's Vogtle plant in Waynesboro, Ga., in April 2010. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, approved the construction of two new nuclear units at the Vogtle site — the first new reactors in the United States in 30 years. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

China, Pakistan reach secret nuclear reactor deal for Pakistan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

China to supply reactor to Pakistan

By Bill Gertz WASHINGTON FREE BEACON - The Washington Times

HIT: A bus full of Israeli vacationers was the target of a suicide attack by terrorists in Bulgaria last July. The bus was transporting the group to a hotel. (Associated Press)

‘Shadow war’ between Israel, Iran rages on as Obama visits

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. John McCain (right) of Arizona, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and fellow committee member Sen. Kelly Ayotte (left), New Hampshire Republican, listen as Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 14, 2012. (Associated Press)

GOP senators press for answers about Benghazi attack

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

“You can’t just go out checking everybody in sight with the prospect of that maybe there’s someone who’s done something wrong.” - Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat. (Associated Press)

Obama signs act allowing spying on terrorists

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat (Associated Press)

Congress renews surveillance law

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

“A right to private communications, free from the prying eyes and ears of the government, should be the rule, not the exception for American citizens on American soil, whom law enforcement has no reason to suspect of wrongdoing.” - Sen. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat. (Associated Press)

Renewal of surveillance law set for vote in Senate

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times