Obama's War
The outcome of the battle against Taliban insurgents will in part define Obama's presidency.
Guantanamo Prison
Full coverage of the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including the latest Supreme Court rulings over its legality and a database of detainees.
The War Within
The inside story of how President Bush's team dealt with its failing Iraq strategy.
Tracking Terrorism
Inside the world of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
Left of Boom
Post staff writer Rick Atkinson describes the effort to combat improvised explosive devices used by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Private Armies
Washington Post correspondent Steve Fainaru reports on private security contractors, the hired guns who fight a parallel and largely hidden war in Iraq.
E-Qaeda: The Web as a Weapon
A special report on how jihadists use the Internet and technology to spread their message.
CIA Releases Secret Documents
Hundreds of pages of formerly top-secret documents on activities ranging from a plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro to domestic espionage against Americans released. View documents and related Post coverage.
The Justice Department asked a federal court yesterday for two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's interrogation program before releasing a new version of the document to the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued to make it public.
The Obama administration will proceed with a Bush-era plan to use National Security Agency assistance in screening government computer traffic on private-sector networks, with AT&T as the likely test site, according to three current and former government officials.