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Policing the world

By Caitlin Ginley and Laurel Adams

U.S. spending on overseas police training has jumped nearly 2,000 percent in the past two decades

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USAID, Pentagon struggle to make water projects in Afghanistan sustainable

By Laurel Adams

US doesn't vet Afghan contractors well enough to ensure money doesn't fall into terrorist hands

By Laurel Adams

As Afghanistan contracting surges, who's following the money?

By Christine Spolar

Cutting through the fog of war

By Daniel Politi

USAID, Pentagon struggle to make water projects in Afghanistan sustainable

By Laurel Adams

As U.S. troops draw down forces in Afghanistan over the next 18 to 24 months, what will happen to the water projects the U.S. spent millions

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State and USAID struggle with contractors, putting billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

As Afghanistan contracting surges, who's following the money?

By Christine Spolar

Policing the world

By Caitlin Ginley and Laurel Adams

Only quarter of Pakistan aid money went directly to programs

By Laurel Adams

Afghanistan: Inside the Taliban

LAHORE, Pakistan, October 18, 2001 — UNITED STATES and British forces that launched their assault on Afghanistan this week can expect tough

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Afghanistan: Heart of darkness

By Ahmed Rashid

After bin Laden, militants closer to Pakistan nukes

By Malik Siraj Akbar

ANALYSIS: Pakistani Intelligence Links to Islamic Extremists Run Deep

By Malik Siraj Akbar

Victor Bout denies involvement in arms traffic

By André Verlöy

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Wartime contracting getting new scrutiny on the ground

By Nick Schwellenbach

Here comes the cavalry, of sorts. Fifteen members and staff from the congressionally-created Commission on Wartime Contracting have left sta

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Failure to regulate security contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity

Former Blackwater employees accuse security contractor of defrauding government

By Nick Schwellenbach and Carol D. Leonnig

Private contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity

Windfalls of war: Pentagon's competition for contracts abysmal compared to other agencies

By Sharon Weinberger

Afghanistan: Where have all the weapons gone?

By Te-Ping Chen

Two days after Afghanistan's heavily fortified capital reeled from brazen attacks that killed 20, the Government Accountability Office has d

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IG: Afghan fuel records go missing

By Aaron Mehta

Government auditor challenges White House account of Afghanistan security

By Richard H.P. Sia

Lost, stolen, sold? Tracking U.S. weapons in Afghanistan

By Te-Ping Chen

Military training of Afghan National Police mired in contract dispute

By Christine Spolar

Lost, stolen, sold? Tracking U.S. weapons in Afghanistan

By Te-Ping Chen

When the headlines first appeared in August 2007, they seemed ironic: Four years after the United States invaded Iraq in search of Saddam Hu

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Army's mishandling of Afghanistan police contract boosted costs

By Zach Toombs

Government auditor challenges White House account of Afghanistan security

By Richard H.P. Sia

Afghan police training bedeviled by delays

By The Huffington Post Investigative Fund

The relentless pursuit of Osama bin Laden changed over 10 years

By John Solomon

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Victor Bout denies involvement in arms traffic

By André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, March 4, 2002 — Alleged Russian arms trafficker Victor Bout denied that he had any links to the al Qaeda terrorist network of Os

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Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

After bin Laden, militants closer to Pakistan nukes

By Malik Siraj Akbar

Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. helped midwife a terrorist

By Ahmed Rashid

ANALYSIS: Pakistani Intelligence Links to Islamic Extremists Run Deep

By Malik Siraj Akbar

Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — Victor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker whose clandestine sales of weapons of war to some of the bloodiest r

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Victor Bout denies involvement in arms traffic

By André Verlöy

ANALYSIS: Pakistani Intelligence Links to Islamic Extremists Run Deep

By Malik Siraj Akbar

After bin Laden, militants closer to Pakistan nukes

By Malik Siraj Akbar

Afghanistan: Heart of darkness

By Ahmed Rashid

'Tell them nothing till it's over and then tell them who won'

By Philip Knightley

LONDON, October 31, 2001 — There is an irreconcilable conflict in the way war is reported, highlighted once again by the allied attack on Af

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The ledger sheet after a decade of war in Afghanistan

By Aaron Mehta

Cost of pursuing bin Laden? Half a trillion and climbing

By John Aloysius Farrell and Aaron Mehta

Afghanistan: Heart of darkness

By Ahmed Rashid

ANALYSIS: Pakistani Intelligence Links to Islamic Extremists Run Deep

By Malik Siraj Akbar

GAO says Congress is in the dark about anti-terrorism efforts across government

By Laurel Adams

State Department fails to inform Congress of government-wide efforts to thwart terrorist havens

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Lone wolves and home-grown terrorists: Experts warn of a growing threat from unusual sources

By Malik Siraj Akbar

'Tell them nothing till it's over and then tell them who won'

By Philip Knightley

An incentive to clamp down

By Mutegi Njau

After Moscow bombings, U.S. subways still vulnerable to terrorism

By John Solomon

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