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April 24, 2013
3:17 pm

This Monday, April 15, 2013 photo shows Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in blue baseball cap, and Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, in white baseball cap. This image was taken approximately 10-20 minutes before the Boston Marathon blast. (Photo credit: AP/Bob Leonard)

Lawmakers ask who dropped the ball on Boston bombers

Federal agencies come under scrutiny to see if bad intelligence communication got in the way of preventing attack on marathon

February 8, 2013
1:44 am

CIA Director nominee John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee (photo credit: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nominee for CIA head defends drone strikes

Grilled in Senate confirmation hearing, John Brennan says waterboarding ‘reprehensible,’ not necessarily effective

By Kimberly Dozier

December 8, 2012
3:24 am

A chemical weapons stockpile (illustrative photo credit: CC BY jenspie3, Flickr)

Two scenarios in which Syria unleashes the world’s first use of chemical weapons in 30 years

Neither instance is likely — yet both involve civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence

By Kimberly Dozier and Robert Burns

December 4, 2012
1:27 am

US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD

‘If you use chemical weapons,’ Obama tells Assad, ‘there will be consequences and you will be held accountable’

By Kimberly Dozier and Pauline Jelinek

November 12, 2012
12:11 pm

This July 13, 2011, photo made available on the International Security Assistance Force's Flickr website shows the former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and US Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with Paula Broadwell, co-author of "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus." (AP Photo/ISAF)

More details emerge of the ‘other woman’ in CIA chief’s scandal

Jill Kelley received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, who had an affair with ex-general David Petraeus

By ADAM GOLDMAN and Anne Flaherty and Kimberly Dozier

November 11, 2012
1:52 am

Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography "All In," poses for photos in Charlotte, N.C. (photo credit: AP/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines)

Official: Harassing emails led to FBI probe that exposed Petraeus

Investigators read exchanges between the general and his lover while looking for evidence on different case

By Pete Yost and Kimberly Dozier

November 10, 2012
12:56 am

Gen. David Petraeus testifying on Capitol Hill in June 2011after he was designated to be the director of the CIA. (photo credit: AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

CIA Director Petraeus quits, admitting to extramarital affair

FBI uncovers relationship; Obama praises general’s service

By Kimberly Dozier

October 27, 2012
6:32 am

A Libyan man investigates the inside of the US Consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

White House defends response to Benghazi consulate attack

Administration rejects claims by Fox News that officials refused to help the diplomats who came under attack

By Kimberly Dozier

October 20, 2012
1:51 am

In this Sept. 14, 2012 photo, Libyan followers of Ansar al-Shariah Brigades burn the US flag during a protest in front of the Tibesti Hotel, in Benghazi, Libya. (photo credit: AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon)

CIA found militant links a day after Libya attack

Congressional intelligence committees are demanding full disclosure on assault on the US consulate in Benghazi

By Kimberly Dozier

October 15, 2012
11:33 pm

White House mulling response to Libya attack

Weeks ahead of elections, Obama weighs whether exacting retribution on al-Qaeda is worth the risk of a regional flare-up

By Kimberly Dozier and Rukmini Callimachi

October 2, 2012
10:47 pm

Libyan civilians celebrate the raiding of the Ansar al-Shariah Brigades compound, after hundreds of Libyans, Libyan military, and police raided their base in Benghazi, Libya on Sept 21 (photo: AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

White House expanding covert war in North Africa with special-ops forces

Counter-terror teams were in North Africa six months prior to Libya attack but were too new to prevent the assault, officials say

By Kimberly Dozier

September 22, 2012
1:44 am

A Libyan man walks through the rubble of the damaged US Consulate in Benghazi after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)

Benghazi consulate attackers used military-style tactics, say US officials

Experts still unsure whether assault that killed 4 Americans in Libya could have been prevented

By MATT APUZZO and Kimberly Dozier

September 6, 2012
11:46 pm

Syrian rebels in front of a downed Syrian warplane (photo credit: Image capture YouTube)

US sending more spies to Syria border in bid to bolster rebels

Modest surge has helped with political and military organization

By Kimberly Dozier

July 9, 2012
2:23 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, second from left, visits a nuclear research facility in Tehran in February (photo credit: AP/Iranian President's Office)

Israeli agents have killed at least four Iranian nuclear scientists, new book claims

Mossad carries out regular missions, and Israeli cyber warriors formulate programs including Stuxnet, to try to thwart nuclear program, write Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman

By Kimberly Dozier

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Kimberly Dozier

Lawmakers ask who dropped the ball on Boston bombers

Federal agencies come under scrutiny to see if bad intelligence communication got in the way of preventing attack on marathon

Nominee for CIA head defends drone strikes

Grilled in Senate confirmation hearing, John Brennan says waterboarding ‘reprehensible,’ not necessarily effective

Two scenarios in which Syria unleashes the world’s first use of chemical weapons in 30 years

Neither instance is likely — yet both involve civilian massacre and a major escalation of violence

US weighing military options if Syria uses WMD

‘If you use chemical weapons,’ Obama tells Assad, ‘there will be consequences and you will be held accountable’

More details emerge of the ‘other woman’ in CIA chief’s scandal

Jill Kelley received threatening emails from Paula Broadwell, who had an affair with ex-general David Petraeus

Official: Harassing emails led to FBI probe that exposed Petraeus

Investigators read exchanges between the general and his lover while looking for evidence on different case

CIA Director Petraeus quits, admitting to extramarital affair

FBI uncovers relationship; Obama praises general’s service

White House defends response to Benghazi consulate attack

Administration rejects claims by Fox News that officials refused to help the diplomats who came under attack

CIA found militant links a day after Libya attack

Congressional intelligence committees are demanding full disclosure on assault on the US consulate in Benghazi

White House mulling response to Libya attack

Weeks ahead of elections, Obama weighs whether exacting retribution on al-Qaeda is worth the risk of a regional flare-up

White House expanding covert war in North Africa with special-ops forces

Counter-terror teams were in North Africa six months prior to Libya attack but were too new to prevent the assault, officials say

Benghazi consulate attackers used military-style tactics, say US officials

Experts still unsure whether assault that killed 4 Americans in Libya could have been prevented

US sending more spies to Syria border in bid to bolster rebels

Modest surge has helped with political and military organization

Israeli agents have killed at least four Iranian nuclear scientists, new book claims

Mossad carries out regular missions, and Israeli cyber warriors formulate programs including Stuxnet, to try to thwart nuclear program, write Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman

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