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‘Zero Dark Thirty’: Did torture really net bin Laden? By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst updated 11:36 AM EST, Tue December 11, 2012 ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ torture controversy STORY HIGHLIGHTS Peter Bergen: Major new film depicts torture as a key to the hunt for Osama bin Laden He says “Zero Dark Thirty” may distort […]

Republican obsession with Benghazi makes no sense By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst updated 8:26 PM EST, Tue November 27, 2012 Rice meetings leave lawmakers uneasy STORY HIGHLIGHTS Peter Bergen: Susan Rice’s trip to Capitol Hill wasn’t a success, senators said He says the GOP continues to bash Rice for her mistaken explanation for […]

Cómo David Petraeus cambió a las fuerzas armadas de EU Su paso por la CIA fue fugaz, pero implementó la estrategia de contrainsurgencia que ayudó a reducir los niveles de violencia en Iraq Por Peter Bergen, analista de seguridad nacional de CNN Domingo, 11 de noviembre de 2012 a las 15:32 Pinterest 0 Compartir 33 […]

Tough choice for Obama on Petraeus’ successor By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst updated 11:39 AM EST, Tue November 13, 2012 Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst and the author of “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for bin Laden — From 9/11 to Abbottabad,” from which this article is, in part, adapted. […]

How Petraeus changed the U.S. military By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst updated 1:31 PM EST, Sat November 10, 2012 Peter Bergen says that before heading the CIA, Gen. David Petraeus led a key change in U.S. miliary doctrine. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Peter Bergen: Petraeus will be remembered as best U.S. general since Eisenhower He […]

 Romney endorses Obama’s national security policiesBYLINE: By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security AnalysDATELINE: (CNN) Editor’s note: Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst, is director of the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation and the author of the new book “Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden — From 9/11 to Abbottabad.” (CNN) […]

  Jihadi terror suspect could face tough odds in court By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst, and Jennifer Rowland, Special to CNN updated 8:58 AM EDT, Fri October 19, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Man from Bangladesh charged with attempting to detonate bomb outside Federal Reserve building Peter Bergen: Jihadists arrested as a result of many […]

Romney’s sorta-kinda call to arms By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst updated 11:17 AM EDT, Tue October 9, 2012 Mitt Romney prepares to deliver a foreign policy speech at the Virginia Military Institute on October 8. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Peter Bergen: Romney sought to draw clear line between his and Obama’s foreign policy He says […]

A dangerous new world of drones By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security analyst, and Jennifer Rowland, Special to CNN updated 5:10 AM EDT, Tue October 2, 2012 A model of of the European “Neuron” UAV at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France in 2005. The UAV is an European Research project led by Dassault Aviation. […]

Extremists and leaders incite violent protests By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst, and Jennifer Rowland, Special to CNN updated 2:50 PM EDT, Thu September 13, 2012 Yemeni protesters gather around fire during a demonstration outside the US embassy in Sanaa over a film mocking Islam on September 13, 2012. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Peter Bergen: Violence against U.S. […]