Anwar al-Awlaki
'They're Trying to Kill Me': US Citizen Imprisoned in Yemen Makes Desperate Call Home
Lawyers fear for the life of Sharif Mobley, a US citizen detained in Yemen since 2010, following a call to his sister on Thursday, where his final words are 'They're beating me with a stick.'
The FBI Used a 1951 Book to Gain Insight Into an American al Qaeda Suspect
While investigating Samir Khan, the North Carolina blogger who was eventually killed in a drone strike in Yemen, the FBI consulted 'The True Believer.'
The FBI Considered Recruiting an American Blogger Later Killed in a Drone Strike
Recently released documents show that before Samir Khan died in a September 2011 drone strike in Yemen, the FBI thought about using him as an informant.
Primary Sources: New Documents on US Citizen Killed in CIA Drone Strike
A new batch of heavily redacted investigative files reveal that the FBI was concerned about the anti-American screeds Samir Khan posted to his blog.
An Exclusive Look Inside the FBI's Files on the US Citizen Who Edited Al Qaeda’s Official Magazine
In 2006, Samir Khan was advocating online for violent jihad from his parents' home in North Carolina. Five years later, he was killed in a US drone strike in Yemen.
A Justice Department Memo Provides the CIA's Legal Justification to Kill a US Citizen
The white paper, released to VICE News, addresses the legality of the CIA's targeted killing of a US citizen in Yemen.
Killing Anwar al-Awlaki With a Drone Strike Was Legal, and That's Scary
The disclosure of DoJ memos over the drone killing of a US citizen will only reveal the dangerous moving marker of "justice."
Obama Will Finally Have to Explain Why the US Can Kill Americans with Drones
In the long debate over the president's drone wars, we've only heard opaque, albeit scintillating, references to threat matrices and kill lists.
The Hangover News
This weekend, a nine-month-old boy was accused of attempted murder (and quickly bailed, because he's nine months old).
Who Should Kill All The Terrorists?
President Obama knows the current whereabouts of a suspected terrorist plotting to kill Americans — but he can't decide what to do about it.