Peter Finn
Staff Writer

Peter Finn is a National Security correspondent for The Washington Post. He joined the paper from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1995 and first worked in Virginia for the Metro section. Beginning in 1998, Finn spent 10 years overseas for the paper as the bureau chief in Warsaw, Berlin and then Moscow. He reported on the 1999 war in Kosovo and its aftermath. Following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Finn covered terrorism for the Post, traveling extensively in the Middle East, North Africa, the Persian Gulf, and Pakistan. He was also part of the Post team that covered the invasion of Iraq, and the American occupation. His last overseas assignment was the Russia-Georgia war, and Finn returned to Washington in 2008.

Latest by Peter Finn

DHS would see slight trim in spending

Core Homeland Security programs would remain funded, with savings realized through administrative streamlining.

Memo: Awlaki directed ‘underwear bomber’ plot

Memo: Awlaki directed ‘underwear bomber’ plot

The Yemeni American cleric, killed in a CIA drone strike in September, directed the plot to take down a plane over Detroit in 2009, according to a Justice Department memo.

House report critical of Bush, Obama on Gitmo

The report examined policies that led to the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who later reengaged in terrorism.

For pro-democracy workers, a history of tensions

For pro-democracy workers, a history of tensions

Egypt, which plans to charge 19 American activists, isn’t the first country to view such workers with suspicion.