Tag: Iran

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats arrives as House and Senate lawmakers from both parties gather for a classified briefing in a secure room about the federal investigation into President Trump's 2016 campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2018.

Trump singled out Dan Coats in morning rant about intelligence community

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 31, 2019 5:24 pm

Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer

Schumer pushes intelligence officials to meet with Trump to ‘educate him’

Katelyn Caralle · January 31, 2019 1:12 pm

President Donald Trump announces a deal to temporarily reopen the government, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right on Iran, and wrong on intelligence professionals

Tom Rogan · January 30, 2019 6:54 pm

Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, left, speaks with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., at an event marking 100 days since the death of Jamal Khashoggi on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019.

Trump: US intelligence leaders are ‘extremely passive and naive’ about Iran

Diana Stancy Correll · January 30, 2019 5:26 pm

In this picture released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, arrives at a graduation ceremony of the Revolutionary Guard's officers, while deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard, Hossein Salami, second right, former commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Mohsen Rezaei, second left, and Yahya Rahim Safavi salute him in Tehran, Iran. Iran's supreme leader vowed Wednesday he will not allow international inspection of Iran's military sites or access to Iranian scientists under any nuclear agreement with world powers.

Beltway Confidential

Why existential Iranian threats to Israel matter

Tom Rogan · January 28, 2019 8:25 pm

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept 9, 2018, a health worker sprays disinfectant on his colleague after working at an Ebola treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The current Ebola outbreak in northeastern Congo has become a testing ground with one aid group for the first time treating confirmed Ebola victims in individual biosecure units used in emergencies involving highly infectious diseases.

Beltway Confidential

Climate change doesn’t cause pandemics, poor governance does

Michael Rubin · January 28, 2019 3:05 pm

A U.S. soldier stands near Syrian children on a road that links to Raqqa, Syria, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. The U.S. has up to 1,000 troops in Syria mostly involved in training and advising the local forces against IS. Kurdish forces have gained confidence in light of open U.S. support to their forces, particularly as the battle for Raqqa took off.

National Security

Some US troops may remain in Syria to oppose Iran

Diana Stancy Correll · January 25, 2019 7:17 pm

Magazine - Features

The unstoppable envoy

Benjamin Weinthal · January 25, 2019 5:00 am

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, and former Secretary of Defense William Perry unveil the Doomsday Clock during The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists news conference in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. The Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes to Midnight.

Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight, closest to disaster since the rise of the hydrogen bomb

Caitlin Yilek · January 24, 2019 5:07 pm

Ben Affleck, right, a cast member and director of the film "Argo," poses with former C.I.A. agent Tony Mendez, whom he portrays in the film, backstage at the 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Former CIA officer portrayed by Ben Affleck dies

Dominick Mastrangelo · January 22, 2019 5:08 pm

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows missiles flying into the sky near international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. In a very unusual move, the Israeli military has issued a statement saying it is attacking Iranian military targets in Syria. It is also warning Syrian authorities not to retaliate against Israel.

Beltway Confidential

Deter, degrade: Why Israel keeps bombing Iran in Syria

Tom Rogan · January 21, 2019 7:25 pm

Trails of Patriot missiles are seen in the sky in northern Israel Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Israel shot down a Syrian fighter jet it said had breached its airspace on Tuesday while advancing Syrian government forces retaking territory from rebels reached the Golan Heights frontier for the first time in seven years. The Israeli military said it monitored the advance of the Syrian Sukhoi fighter jet and shot it down with a pair of Patriot missiles after it penetrated Israeli airspace by about 2 kilometers.

Beltway Confidential

Skiing with rockets, or how Israelis live under a daily threat of terror

Tom Rogan · January 21, 2019 6:15 pm