The White House spoke openly about its rationale for using drones against terrorists. But it's still an open question if the program creates as many enemies as it kills. Read More

The remarks come as Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged on Wednesday for the first time that the U.S. killed four Americans in drone strikes in Yemen in Pakistan, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Read More

More than 1,300 activists and politicians signed a call to close the Guantanamo internment camp in an ad featured in Thursday's New York Times on the morning of the president's national security speech. Read More

President Obama will make his first major counter terrorism speech of his second term today. He plans to put limits on the nation's use of unmanned drone strikes that have rankled liberals and libertarians alike. Read More

The president's rationale for force-feeding Gitmo hunger strikers is hard to square with his promise to "restore America's standing in the world." Read More

The Department of Justice's secret subpoena of journalists' phone records is "unconstitutional," the president of The Associated Press said on Sunday. Read More

The surviving Boston bombing suspect wrote a note inside the hull of the boat in which he hid, describing the bombings as retaliation for the actions of the United States against Muslims. Read More

Alex Gibney discuss his new film "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" Read More

It's been open more than a decade now, but there is still much Americans don't know about the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. One person who is more familiar with Gitmo than most is the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg, Read More

Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney will join the NOW panel Wednesday to discuss his latest film, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." Read More

The Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone records fits into a longstanding pattern of executive branch secrecy. And the administration that promised to be "most transparent" ever, led by a president who said he rejected the false choice between security and liberty, is hardly recognizable to a huge swath of his base. Read More

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was plenty furious after this week's release of a new Defense Department report on sexual assault in the military. He must lead the change that is desperately needed. Read More

The escalating hunger strike at Guanatanamo Bay got the attention of President Obama , but will he follow through on his promise to close the facility? Read More

George W. Bush explains his most controversial decisions in this interactive exhibit. Read More

David Petraeus, who resigned as CIA director last November, is taking on a new title: professor. Read More

"...we have a militarized response to a lot of the problems in our society." says Jeremy Scahill Read More

The Boston Marathon bombings brought terrorism to the forefront of Americans' minds, but it does not represent an isolated incident. Several other acts of terror or plots around the world were uncovered already this week. Read More

Using interviews and publicly available information, the Constitution Project produced a report that concludes the U.S. did use torture after 9/11. Read More

Alex Wagner revisits the drones debate. Read More