Tara McKelvey, a 2011 Guggenheim fellow, is a correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. She is also a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and the author of Monstering: Inside America’s Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War (Basic Books).
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Obama Tries for Transparency
Obama wants to make good on his campaign promise of openness.... MORE
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Is Our Top Cop Keeping Us Safer?
On Robert Mueller’s 10th anniversary, Tara McKelvey reports on the FBI director's effectiveness. MORE
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A Bigger Kill Than Bin Laden
Al Qaeda’s No. 2 was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan, portending a spike in that approach.... MORE
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Obama Trumps Libya Critics
Republicans and intellectuals, united in denouncing Obama’s Libya policy, are now taking a second... MORE
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Hollywood Raids Pentagon Files
Republicans are furious over White House support for a bin Laden film project, as Tara McKelvey... MORE
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‘Pentagon’s Worst Nightmare’
The Pentagon’s gotten what it wanted from Congress since 9/11, but that may change with the debt... MORE
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Arrest Warrant Sought for CIA Lawyer
A human rights lawyer seeks arrest of ex-CIA official who told Newsweek about drone strikes.... MORE
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Norway's Terrorist in Disguise
The assailant in Oslo may represent a new wave of Western-style terrorists. MORE
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Revenge of China’s Cyber-Spies
Chinese officials are fed up with U.S. policies and are using espionage to get back at this country.... MORE
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Obama’s Secret Weapon for Egypt
Ambassador Anne Patterson is sent to Egypt, and talks to Tara McKelvey about the focal point of the... MORE
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Terror Threat Mounts
American officials report increased chatter about a terror threat by al Qaeda, others, as July 4th... MORE
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Next Blunder in Afghanistan
As Obama withdraws troops, Hillary Clinton is sending more diplomats.... MORE
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Is Gates’ Success Overstated?
The defense secretary cast himself as a reformer.... MORE
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The CIA's Last-Minute Osama bin Laden Drama
The arrest of CIA contractor Raymond Davis came close to derailing the mission to get Osama bin... MORE
