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“Keep Your Mouth SEALed!”
So a group of former Special Forces guys is complaining that national-security leaks from the Obama Administration are harming national security. Some of the...
CIA Chief Breaks Silence: U.S. Ruled Out Involving Pakistan in bin Laden Raid Early On
In his first interview since commanding the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, CIA Chief Leon Panetta tells TIME that U.S. officials feared that Pakistan could...
The Last Days of Osama bin Laden
As U.S. Navy Seals burst into his fortress-like compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, nearly one year ago, Osama bin Laden turned to the youngest of his four wives...
How It Went Down
"I can only speak with authority through Feb. 15, 2009," said Michael Hayden, who was George W. Bush's last CIA director. "But at that point, when people would...
The Special Ops Era, 10 Years Later: How Mavericks Reinvented the Military
In a new book from TIME, Special Ops: The Hidden World of America's Toughest Warriors, International Editor Jim Frederick reports on the secret world of military...
SEALs Emerge, Blinkingly and Broken-Heartedly, From the Darkness
The war in Afghanistan is pushing the Navy's SEALs -- long hidden in the pitch-black world of special operations -- into the shadows. While we can now discern...
Obama to Call for a New Economic ‘Blueprint ‘ in State of the Union Address
As he has three times before, President Obama tonight will address a joint session of Congress and millions of Americans at home, offering them a status update...
Lady Navy SEALS?
The Navy is moving forward with plans to include Navy women in previously closed billets including the Marine Corps and Special Warfare (Navy SEALS). ...
Morning Must Reads: Person of the Year
It’s the protester. Paul Ryan and William McRaven were both runners-up. The House passes a payroll tax cut extension linked to the Keystone XL pipeline in the...
President Obama Meets With His Special Ops
Ft. Campbell, Ky. Obama disembarked from Air Force One like he always does: A wave into the glare, a trot down the stairs, and a series of handshakes. But two of...
