Laura Rozen
Laura Rozen is national security correspondent for Mother Jones. After six years covering conflicts in the Balkans, as well as Turkey and Russia, she has spent as much time covering the war in Washington, for publications including the American Prospect, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, National Journal and the Washington Monthly. She also wrote the afterword to Fair Game, the memoir of former CIA officer Valerie Plame Wilson. In 2000 she completed a masters degree focused on international security from the Harvard Kennedy School. A native of Kansas City, she now resides in Washington with her husband and daughter. She can be reached at lrozen [at] motherjones [dot] com.
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James Woolsey, Hybrid Hawk
The former CIA director turned clean-energy enthusiast is part geek, part zealot—and all iconoclast.
Sheldon Adelson: The Right's White Knight?
As the Adelson-backed Freedom's Watch mounts a pro-Petraeus campaign to coincide with the Iraq commander's congressional testimony, some conservatives are grumbling about the group and its bullheaded benefactor.
Central Intelligence Anxiety
How the Bush administration left the spooks to twist in the wind
Israel's Mossad, Out of the Shadows
Former Israeli intelligence chief Efraim Halevy explains why he advocates talks with Hamas.
The Hawks' Last Hurrah?
Washington hawks warn Israeli policymakers that they could be on their own on Iran.
Freedom Fighters: The State of the Bush Administration's Democracy-Promotion Push
Even as the president makes a last-ditch speech to resurrect his "freedom agenda," the policy warriors who fought to advance his vision to democratize the Middle East have been sidelined.
Operation Stop Talking
John Kiriakou called it hypocritical for the White House and Congress to point fingers at the CIA for its harsh interrogation techniques. Now his former employer, with the help of the Justice Department, is trying to shut him up.
Iran NIE: Non-Nuclear Fallout
The response to the intelligence community's recent assessment troubled policy wonks on both sides of the Iran debate, all of whom agree that a threat remains.
Defending Valerie Plame: Who Is This Punk?
How a Republican CIA alum came to Washington to testify on behalf of his spy-training classmate—and ran straight into a GOP buzz saw.
After Fair Game: The Story Valerie Plame Couldn't Tell
When I agreed to write the afterword for Valerie Plame's memoir, I faced a formidable task: Put together the former CIA operative's life story -- including all the parts the government won't let her write about. Oh, and you can't talk to her.
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