Mark Mazzetti

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White House Tactic for CIA Bid Holds Back Drone Memos

The White House doesn't want its stance on targeted killings to endanger the confirmation of John Brennan.

By: Scott Shane &; Mark Mazzetti ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

February 21, 2013

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Drone Strikes’ Dangers to Get Rare Moment in Public Eye

Could the targeted killing campaign be creating more militants in Yemen than it is killing?

By: Scott Shane ,; Mark Mazzetti ,; Robert F Worth ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

February 6, 2013

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US Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb

Washington - Even as the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said in a new report Friday that Iran had accelerated its uranium enrichment program, American intelligence analysts continue to believe …

By: James Risen &; Mark Mazzetti ,

February 25, 2012

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Obama Refrains From a Formal “I’m Sorry” to Pakistan

Washington - The White House has decided that President Obama will not offer formal condolences — at least for now — to Pakistan for the deaths of two dozen …

By: Helene Cooper &; Mark Mazzetti ,; NewYorkTimesNewsService

December 1, 2011

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US-Born Qaeda Leader Killed in Yemen

Sana, Yemen - A missile fired from an American drone aircraft in Yemen on Friday killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical American-born cleric who was a leading figure in Al …

By: Laura Kasinof ,; Mark Mazzetti ,; Alan Cowell ,; NewYorkTimesNewsService

September 30, 2011

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Al Qaeda’s No. 2 Killed in Pakistan, U.S. Official Says

Washington - A drone operated by the Central Intelligence Agency killed al Qaeda’s second-ranking figure in the mountains of Pakistan earlier this month, American and Pakistani officials said on …

By: Mark Mazzetti ,

August 27, 2011

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US Relies on Contractors in Somalia Conflict

Mogadishu, Somalia - Richard Rouget, a gun for hire over two decades of bloody African conflict, is the unlikely face of the American campaign against militants in Somalia. …

By: Jeffrey Gettleman ,; Mark Mazzetti ,; Eric Schmitt ,

August 11, 2011

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Pakistan Arrests CIA Informants in Bin Laden Raid

Washington - Pakistan’s top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the Central Intelligence Agency in the months leading up to the …

By: Eric Schmitt &; Mark Mazzetti ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

June 15, 2011

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Blackwater Founder Forms Secret Army for UAE

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital. Whisked through customs by …

By: Mark Mazzetti &; Emily B Hager ,

May 15, 2011

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Behind the Hunt for Osama bin Laden

Washington - For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a …

By: Peter Baker ,; Helene Cooper ,; Mark Mazzetti ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

May 3, 2011

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