- Peter Finn
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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.
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Proceedings at Guantanamo Bay are prelude to a death-penalty trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 4 others.
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Investigators looking at how contractor gained access at NSA
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