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Here's How The Navy Yard Killer Managed To Keep His Security Clearance

Officials probing Aaron Alexis' background and possible motivation for killing 12 Navy Yard employees are facing the very real possibility that the massacre isn't a the result of a troubled man slipping through cracks in the system so much as...

Published Tue, Sep 17 2013 8:34 PM by FP Passport

What We Know About the Navy Yard Shooter

On Monday, Aaron Alexis entered the Navy Yard facility in Washington, D.C. and went on a shooting spree, killing 12 and wounding several others. But who exactly was Alexis, and what drove him to commit such a horrendous act? Reports on Alexis's past...

Published Tue, Sep 17 2013 3:40 PM by FP Passport

What Medals Did the Navy Yard Shooter Receive, Exactly?

Aaron Alexis, the Navy veteran and IT contractor who died after killing 12 people and wounding three others in a shooting rampage on Monday at Washington's Navy Yard facility, has been described by some media outlets as a decorated sailor. And that's...

Published Tue, Sep 17 2013 1:45 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Military

Morning Brief: Gunman Kills 12 at U.S. Military Base in Washington, DC

Gunman Kills 12 at U.S. Military Base in Washington, DC Top News: Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old IT contractor working for Hewlett-Packard and former Navy reservist with a history of anger-management and shooting related issues, killed 12 people and wounded...

Published Tue, Sep 17 2013 4:24 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The 5 Worst Attacks on U.S. Bases

With Monday morning's shooting spree at the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard, the military installation on the Anacostia River joins the long list of U.S. bases that have been targeted by gunmen to deadly effect. With 13 people dead and at least 12 wounded...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 5:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Military, National Security

Navy Yard Shooting Highlights Military's Security Flaws

Key details of the massacre at Washington's Navy Yard are just beginning to emerge, but the attack offers an unsettling reminder that many military facilities have soft underbellies when it comes to security. Visitors to the Pentagon walk past guards...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 4:53 PM by FP Passport

Is Al Jazeera America Simply CNN, Minus Wolf Blitzer?

It's been just under a month since Al Jazeera America first hit the airwaves , and what a month it's been -- with the Syria story lurching from seemingly imminent U.S. strikes to a looming congressional vote to this weekend's chemical weapons...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 11:00 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media, Syria

Morning Brief: U.S. and Russia Strike Deal on Syria Chemical Weapons

U.S. and Russia Strike Deal on Syria Chemical Weapons Top News: The United States and Russia reached an agreement Saturday under which Syria would declare and give up its stocks of chemical weapons, an accord that appears to have prevented the short-term...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 5:55 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

U.S. Allies Give a Frosty Reception to Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal

BEIRUT, Lebanon — At the end of the press conference unveiling their deal over Syria's chemical weapons program, a smiling Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appeared to exchange a joke before walking off stage...

Published Mon, Sep 16 2013 5:00 AM by FP Passport

Can Twitter Go Public and Still Be a Champion of Free Speech?

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE With Twitter set to make its debut on American stock exchanges, a critical question looms: Can toppling dictators also be good business? Over the course of its seven-year history, Twitter has gone from scrappy...

Published Fri, Sep 13 2013 6:01 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media

We're 'Next' and Putin Deserves the Nobel Prize: What the Russian Press Makes of Syria

President Vladimir Putin's direct appeal to the American people in the pages of the New York Times is just one part of his government's messaging strategy on Syria. Russia's English-language media outlets are busy blasting out the Kremlin...

Published Fri, Sep 13 2013 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, Politics, Middle East, Media, International Relations, Syria

Morning Brief: Syria Talks Yield Plan for Broader Peace Conference

Syria Talks Yield Plan for Broader Peace Conference Top news: The United States and Russia on Thursday kicked off discussions about a possible plan to bring President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons stockpiles under international control, with...

Published Fri, Sep 13 2013 6:27 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

7 Things Putin Loves That America Really Is Exceptional At

Is the United States of America the greatest country on earth? Writing in the New York Times on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin begged to disagree, taking issue with Barack Obama appeal to American exceptionalism during his national address...

Published Thu, Sep 12 2013 5:11 PM by FP Passport

Iran's State Press Stole Our Article -- and Turned It Into Blatant Propaganda

Fars News Agency, the state-run Iranian news outlet famous for picking up an Onion story and presenting it as news , has apparently decided that plagiarizing satirical articles isn't brazen enough. On Thursday, the news agency's editors reprinted...

Published Thu, Sep 12 2013 2:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Media, U.S. Foreign Policy, South Asia, Iran, Syria, Arab World

That Awkward Time Putin Called for Military Intervention in the New York Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin made a direct appeal to the American public in an editorial in Thursday morning's New York Times . "The potential strike by the United States against Syria," he writes, "despite strong opposition from...

Published Thu, Sep 12 2013 8:11 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Russia, Diplomacy, Politics, Middle East, History, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Relations, International Organizations, Syria

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Here's How The Navy Yard Killer Managed To Keep His Security Clearance

What We Know About the Navy Yard Shooter

What Medals Did the Navy Yard Shooter Receive, Exactly?

Morning Brief: Gunman Kills 12 at U.S. Military Base in Washington, DC

The 5 Worst Attacks on U.S. Bases

Navy Yard Shooting Highlights Military's Security Flaws

Is Al Jazeera America Simply CNN, Minus Wolf Blitzer?

Morning Brief: U.S. and Russia Strike Deal on Syria Chemical Weapons

U.S. Allies Give a Frosty Reception to Syrian Chemical Weapons Deal

Can Twitter Go Public and Still Be a Champion of Free Speech?

We're 'Next' and Putin Deserves the Nobel Prize: What the Russian Press Makes of Syria

Morning Brief: Syria Talks Yield Plan for Broader Peace Conference

7 Things Putin Loves That America Really Is Exceptional At

Iran's State Press Stole Our Article -- and Turned It Into Blatant Propaganda

That Awkward Time Putin Called for Military Intervention in the New York Times