Scott Shane

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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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Debating a Court to Vet Drone Strikes

There is an interest in applying the model of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court to the targeted killing of suspected terrorists, or at least of American suspects.

By: Scott Shane ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

February 9, 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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Memo Cites Legal Basis for Killing US Citizens in Al Qaeda

The unsigned and undated Justice Department u201cwhite paper,u201d obtained by NBC News, is the most detailed analysis yet to come into public view.

By: Charlie Savage &; Scott Shane ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

February 5, 2013

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Inquiry Into US Leaks Is Casting Chill Over Coverage

F.B.I. agents on a hunt for leakers have interviewed current and former high-level government officials from multiple agencies in recent weeks, casting a distinct chill over press coverage of …

By: Scott Shane ,; NewYorkTimesNewsService

August 6, 2012

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In Vast Effort, FDA Spied on Emails of Its Own Scientists

A wide-ranging surveillance operation by the Food and Drug Administration against a group of its own scientists used an enemies list of sorts as it secretly captured thousands of …

By: Scott Shane &; Eric Lichtblau ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

July 15, 2012

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War & Peace

Rare Double Agent Disrupted Bombing Plot, US Says

Washington - The suicide bomber dispatched by the Yemen branch of Al Qaeda last month to blow up a United States-bound airliner was actually an intelligence agent for Saudi …

By: Scott Shane &; Eric Schmitt ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

May 9, 2012

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Army Officer Turned Whistleblower: How Many More Must Die?

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis last month after sharing his view on the Afghan war with some members of Congress. "You can't spin the fact that more men are …

By: Scott Shane ,

February 6, 2012

News

Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates

Washington - It is the other Guantánamo, an archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country, hidden away on back roads. Today, it houses far more men convicted …

By: Scott Shane ,

December 11, 2011

News

Group in US Hoped for Big Payday in Offer to Help Qaddafi

Libyan rebels transport the bodies of soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi through the streets of Misrata, Libya, April 28, 2011. In April, as the rebels were making gains, a …

By: Scott Shane ,

November 20, 2011

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