Al-Qaeda

The Senate torture report chronicled the CIA’s interrogation of high-profile detainee Abu Zubaydah, but the justice system’s treatment of his habeas corpus petition has largely escaped notice.

• By Raymond Bonner

What makes women join the Islamic State? It's a complicated question that challenges our notion of feminism, culture, and religion, but it's crucial if we are going to defeat ISIS.

• By Elizabeth Weingarten

Should we really be blaming the United States for issuing travel warnings against Kenya?

• By Max Ufberg

Prosecutors acknowledge they accepted a guilty plea from an Australian man under a law that was passed after his alleged criminal conduct, and that his conviction should not stand.

• By Raymond Bonner

Movies like American Sniper have the ability to shape Americans’ real-world understanding of conflict with enemy groups. Is that a good thing?

• By Wes Judd

We requested information on how the U.S. handles condolence payments for civilian drone strike deaths in Yemen. But the military won’t reveal a thing.

• By Cora Currier

President Obama has repeatedly said the U.S. is targeting Al Qaeda and “associated forces.” But the government won’t say who those forces are.

• By Cora Currier

"We were inside their computers."

• By Sebastian Rotella

The Authorization for Use of Military Force was passed by Congress after 9/11 to give the president authority to hunt and fight those responsible. But al Qaeda is a completely different kind of organization now, according to this former CIA operative who spearheaded the Zarqawi Operations team from 2004-2006 as a targeting officer, and we need to rethink the tools we've created.

• By Nada Bakos