The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biological, chemical and nuclear weapons as well… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
In effect, you cannot stop Iraq from growing nasty bugs in the basement. You can stop them from putting operational warheads on… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Counterterrorism analysts have known for years that al Qaeda prepares for attacks with elaborate 'targeting packages' of photographs and notes. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The government of Sudan, employing a back channel direct from its president to the Central Intelligence Agency, offered in the early spring… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Enclosed by a sand berm four miles around and 160 feet high, the Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility entombs what remains of reactors… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Leaders at the top of al Qaeda's hierarchy, the evidence shows, completed plans and obtained the materials required to manufacture two biological… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives. — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
On March 12, 2004, acting attorney general James B. Comey and the Justice Department's top leadership reached the brink of resignation over electronic surveillance… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
For political and bureaucratic reasons, governments at all levels are telling far less to the public than to insiders about how to prepare for… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
U.S. intelligence services routinely use collection methods against foreigners that foreseeably - with certainty - ingest high volumes of U.S. communications as well. — Barton Gellman Copy Share
Snowden is an orderly thinker, with an engineer's approach to problem-solving. — Barton Gellman Copy Share
Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they report flaws. — Barton Gellman Copy Share
The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
As Trotsky didn't exactly say, you may not be interested in electronic snoops, but snoops are interested in you, whether or not you keep… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where… — Barton Gellman Copy Share
I learned the technology and tradecraft of electronic security in self defense, with a lot of expert help. — Barton Gellman Copy Share
Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few. — Barton Gellman Copy Share
