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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Ken Dilanian

The president confers with National Security Advisor Sandy Berger and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the opening ceremony of the 54-nation OSCE Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. (public domain via Wikipedia)
December 2, 2015, 6:42 pm
President Clinton’s aide Sandy Berger dies at 70
Former national security advisor also offered then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton tips on how to deal with Netanyahu
By Ken Dilanian
Illustrative photo of a chemical weapons stockpile (photo credit: CC BY-jenspie3/Flickr)
November 19, 2015, 7:30 pm
Officials: Islamic State seeking chemical weapons
Extremist Jihadi group has more financial resources and better access to experts than other terror organizations
By Hamza Hendawi, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Ken Dilanian
CIA Director John Brennan. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 22, 2015, 5:52 am
WikiLeaks publishes CIA director John Brennan’s emails
Personal correspondence acquired during a hack posted online
By Ken Dilanian and Stephen Braun
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, Syrian army rocket launchers fire near the village of Morek in Syria. (AP Photo/Alexander Kots, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Photo via AP)
October 11, 2015, 3:46 am
CIA-backed Syrian rebels under Russian blitz
Secretly US-supported anti-Assad groups see little prospect of rescue by their American patrons, say US officials
By Ken Dilanian
Illustrative photo of Islamic State militants, with an IS fighter waving the group flag in Fallujah, Iraq, west of Baghdad, June 28, 2015. (Militant website of IS, via AP)
September 29, 2015, 9:42 pm
US expands terror blacklist, revealing sprawling IS network
Measures against groups and individuals from Sinai to Indonesia form largest effort yet to disrupt terror group’s finances, recruitment
By Ken Dilanian
Islamic State fighters pass by a convoy in the town of Tel Abyad in northeast Syria, May 4, 2015. (Jihadist website via AP)
September 28, 2015, 2:56 pm
CIA, special ops cooperate to kill extremists in Syria, Iraq
With no regular presence in war-torn region, US has had success with hitting ‘high-value’ IS, al-Qaeda targets
By Ken Dilanian
Then-US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Syrian refugees in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2015. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)
September 21, 2015, 1:23 am
Kerry: US to accept 185,000 refugees by 2017
Further increases hampered by counterterrorism screening and lack of money from Congress, says top US diplomat
By Ken Dilanian
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
September 18, 2015, 11:09 pm
US, Russia end silence to discuss military buildup in Syria
US defense secretary holds ‘constructive’ talk with Russian counterpart on Moscow’s support for Assad against Islamic State
By Ken Dilanian and Lolita C. Baldor
Iraqi security forces inspect the scene of a car-bomb blast targeting Shiite pilgrims on an annual march to a Baghdad shrine on May 9, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
September 11, 2015, 3:32 am
US intelligence chief: Iraq, Syria may not survive as states
Head of Defense Intelligence Agency says countries could be permanently torn apart by war and sectarian violence
By Ken Dilanian
The headquarters of the US State Department in Washington DC (CC-BY-SA AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikipedia)
August 27, 2015, 1:25 am
State Department officials routinely sent secrets over email
While Hillary Clinton’s use of home server is unusual, classified material was regularly sent over unencrypted servers, AP reports
By Ken Dilanian
In this May 30, 2013, file photo, Kayla Mueller is shown after speaking to a group in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/The Daily Courier, Jo. L. Keener, File)
August 15, 2015, 12:49 am
Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds
Abu Bakr Baghdadi took Kayla Mueller as a ‘wife,’ according to Yazidi teen who informed American intel officials
By Ken Dilanian
Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, speaks during a forum sponsored by Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
August 14, 2015, 8:01 am
Jeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture
Republican candidate declines to give ‘definitive, blanket’ rejection of practice as a counterterror measure
By Ken Dilanian
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton during a campaign stop at Florida International University in Miami, July 31, 2015. (AP/Gaston De Cardenas, File)
August 12, 2015, 8:29 am
Hillary Clinton relents, hands over private email server
Ex-secretary of state and presidential hopeful caves to pressure, directs device be given to Justice Department
By Ken Dilanian
Iran's heavy-water nuclear facility is backdropped by mountains near the central city of Arak, Iran, on January 15, 2011. (AP/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan, File)
August 12, 2015, 4:37 am
Despite skepticism, US confident it can monitor Iran deal
Intelligence officials say sheer volume of information Iran is to provide will shrink its capacity to hide a covert program; outside experts are not so sure
By Ken Dilanian
Devin Nunes, US Representative from California. (Public domain, Wikimedia)
July 29, 2015, 6:23 am
House intelligence chair calls for new Iran assessment
Republican David Nunes asks US intel czar James Clapper for competing hypotheses on efficacy of nuclear deal
By Ken Dilanian
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