Craig Whitlock

Articles by Craig Whitlock

Iran's president orders production of higher-enriched uranium (February 8, 2010)

Defense secretary Robert M. Gates skeptical of Iran's claims about nuclear deal (February 7, 2010)

NATO ministers, commanders advertise planned offensive in southern Afghanistan (February 6, 2010)

Gen. McChrystal says conditions in Afghanistan war are no longer deteriorating (February 5, 2010)

Defense officials' testimony urges lifting of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy (February 2, 2010)

Defense secretary Gates fires general in charge of Joint Strike Fighter program (February 2, 2010)

Don't ask, don't tell' policy on gays in military to change (February 2, 2010)

Obama 2011 budget request: Defense Department (February 1, 2010)

Draft Defense Department budget avoids weapons cuts, adds aircraft (January 30, 2010)

On issue of gays in military, Pentagon will make recommendations to Congress (January 29, 2010)

NATO struggling to fulfill commitments for more troops in Afghanistan (January 27, 2010)

Analysis: To Gates, Taliban a 'cancer' but part of Afghan 'political fabric' (January 23, 2010)

Gates, in unannounced trip, urges Pakistan to expand crackdown against Taliban (January 22, 2010)

Gates: Al-Qaeda has assembled a 'syndicate' of terror groups (January 20, 2010)

Gates meets with Indian leaders on combating terrorism (January 19, 2010)

Pentagon inquiry: Supervisors discounted Fort Hood suspect's worrisome behavior (January 16, 2010)

Lithuanian resignation tied to CIA inquiry (December 15, 2009)

NATO chief: Allies will provide 5,000 more troops (December 2, 2009)

Despite its troubles, Kosovo offers a model for nation-builders (December 1, 2009)

Lithuania's castle in the air? (November 28, 2009)

Lithuania opens new inquiry into CIA prisons (November 20, 2009)

Lithuania investigates possible CIA black site' (November 19, 2009)

In Germany, an ode to joy (November 10, 2009)

In unified Germany, a split over the past (November 5, 2009)

Italy convicts 22 CIA operatives, U.S. Air Force colonel in rendition case (November 5, 2009)

Italian court convicts 23 Americans in CIA rendition case; extradition undecided (November 4, 2009)

U.S. hit list of suspected Afghan drug lords draws protests (October 24, 2009)

Flow of terrorist recruits increasing (October 19, 2009)

Germany's Merkel Reelected, Will Form New Coalition (September 28, 2009)

Afghan Insurgents' Diverse Funding Sources Pose Challenges (September 27, 2009)

Afghan Election Mess Aiding Taliban's Propaganda (September 21, 2009)

German Lawmakers Question Involvement in Afghan Airstrike (September 8, 2009)

Germany in Political Turmoil Over Ordering of Deadly Airstrike in Afghanistan (September 8, 2009)

Europe's Socialists Lose Ground in Downturn (September 5, 2009)

14 Years After War's End, Ethnic Divisions Once Again Gripping Bosnia (August 23, 2009)

Serbian Officials Say War Crimes Fugitive Mladic Is Within Reach' (July 30, 2009)

Feud Between Greece, Macedonia Continues Over Claim to Alexander the Great (July 28, 2009)

Group of Eight Accepts Global Warming Goal (July 9, 2009)

Aftershocks at G-8 Summit Site in Italy Raise Concerns (July 8, 2009)

Aftershocks at G-8 Summit Site in Italy Raise Concerns (July 8, 2009)

Controversy Could Follow Italian Prime Minister to G-8 Summit (July 7, 2009)

Jews Remain Stymied in Efforts to Reclaim Art Looted by Nazis (June 28, 2009)

Tensions Precede German Chancellor's Visit to White House This Week (June 22, 2009)

Luther Tourism' Growing in German Birthplace of Reformation (June 18, 2009)

Europeans Say U.S. Should Take Some Guantanamo Bay Detainees (May 29, 2009)

Spain's Judges Cross Borders in Human Rights Cases: U.S. Officials Among Targets (May 24, 2009)

Once-Struggling Fiat Could Become No. 3 World Automaker With GM, Chrysler Deals (May 17, 2009)

Berlin Wall as a Piece of History: Too-Good Riddance? (May 12, 2009)

Britain Pays to Keep Suspects From U.S. Hands (May 2, 2009)

Europe Seen Willing to Taking Detainees: Holder Says He's 'Pleasantly Surprised' (April 30, 2009)

E.U. Issues Conflicting Warnings on Travel as First Cases Outside N. America Are Confirmed (April 28, 2009)

Trial Opens in Alleged Plot Against U.S. Targets (April 23, 2009)

European Nations May Investigate Bush Officials Over Prisoner Treatment (April 22, 2009)

Czechs Could Shoot Down Hope for Missile Defense (April 5, 2009)

Accused Nazi Guard Is Being Deported to Germany to Stand Trial (April 3, 2009)

Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty to Murder in Iraqi Prisoner Deaths (March 31, 2009)

U.S. Climate Envoy Vows Commitment to Talks but Seeks to Lower Expectations (March 30, 2009)

Facing Pressure Over Banking-Secrecy Tradition, Switzerland Braces for Fight (March 29, 2009)

European Union President Criticizes Obama's Economic Policies (March 26, 2009)

Banks in Austria Highly Exposed in Eastern Europe, Analysts Fear Effects of Wave of Defaults (March 19, 2009)

Currency-Exchange Gamble Is Costing Polish Consumers (March 15, 2009)

Germany Charges John Demjanjuk With Complicity in 29,000 Deaths at WWII Nazi Camp (March 12, 2009)

E.U. Denies Hungary's Bailout Request for Eastern Europe (March 2, 2009)

Interviews Of Terror Suspects Challenged (February 27, 2009)

Germany's Financial Conversion — Leaders Undergo a Change of Heart, Pledging to Assist Ailing Neighbors (February 26, 2009)

Heads of 8 European Countries Pledge Global Finance Changes (February 23, 2009)

Old News Brings Fresh Outrage (February 13, 2009)

Berlin Court Rules for Floridian Seeking Return of Art Posters Seized by Gestapo (February 11, 2009)

National Security Team Delivers Grim Appraisal of Afghanistan War (February 9, 2009)

'Reset' Sought on Relations With Russia, Biden Says (February 8, 2009)

Holocaust Denier Is Ordered to Recant — Otherwise, Vatican Says, Cleric Can't Come Back (February 5, 2009)

Holocaust Denier Is Ordered to Recant -- Otherwise, Vatican Says, Cleric Can't Come Back (February 5, 2009)

German Chancellor Censures Pope on Bishop's Holocaust Denial (February 4, 2009)

E.U. Willing to Help U.S. on Guantanamo (January 27, 2009)

As Constraints on Gaza Ease, New Reports of Misery (January 22, 2009)

Control Of Gaza Subject Of Debate (January 21, 2009)

In the Silence, Gazans Take Stock (January 20, 2009)

Israel Begins Pullout; Gazans Survey Debris (January 19, 2009)

Israelis Announce Cease-Fire In Gaza (January 18, 2009)

Diplomatic Efforts Toward Gaza Truce Intensify (January 17, 2009)

Gaza Clan Finds One Haven After Another Ravaged in Attacks (January 16, 2009)

Progress Reported in Gaza Truce Talks; Palestinian Toll Exceeds 1,000 (January 15, 2009)

Offensive Unlikely to Put End to Hamas, Israel Says (January 14, 2009)

Israel, Aid Groups Have Long Feuded (January 14, 2009)

Combat May Escalate In Gaza, Israel Warns (January 11, 2009)

Israel, Hamas Reject Efforts to Reach Truce (January 10, 2009)

100 Survivors Rescued in Gaza From Ruins Blocked by Israelis (January 9, 2009)

100 Survivors Rescued in Gaza From Ruins Blocked by Israelis (January 9, 2009)

Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza (January 8, 2009)

Mideast Mediators Seek Anti-Tunnel Plan (January 7, 2009)

Israel Rejects Intensified Push for Cease-Fire (January 6, 2009)

For Trapped Gazan Civilians, Few Options for Safety (January 5, 2009)

Case Against Ohio Man Could Be Germany's Last Nazi Crimes Trial (January 3, 2009)

U.S. Efforts to Extradite Terrorism Suspects Founder (December 21, 2008)

Lebanese Student Sentenced to Life in Plot to Bomb German Commuter Trains (December 10, 2008)

Pakistan-Based Group Accused in Mumbai Attacks Flourishing Despite Ban (December 1, 2008)

Underwater, He's an Extreme Success (November 30, 2008)

Pakistani Militants At Center Of Probe (November 29, 2008)

Characteristics of Plot Suggest Attackers Were Trained Outside India, Analysts Say (November 28, 2008)

Characteristics of Plot Suggest Attackers Were Trained Outside India, Analysts Say (November 28, 2008)

German Court Orders Release of Killer Who Belonged to Red Army Faction (November 25, 2008)

Al-Qaeda Leader Uses Slur Against Obama in Web Video (November 20, 2008)

Racism Rears Its Head in European Remarks on Obama (November 11, 2008)

Split Over Russia Grows in Europe (November 8, 2008)

Financial Crisis Leaves Romania Reeling (November 5, 2008)

Terrorism Financing Blacklists At Risk (November 2, 2008)

Europeans Put Hope In Farseeing Banker (October 24, 2008)

Banking Crisis Has Made Even the Swiss Uneasy (October 15, 2008)

Global Stocks Soar as Countries Plan Rescues (October 14, 2008)

Global Markets Fall Despite Reassurances (October 11, 2008)

Europeans Put Hope In Farseeing Banker (October 8, 2008)

Germany Drafts Plan to Shield Banking Sector (October 7, 2008)

Germany to Guarantee Private Bank Accounts (October 6, 2008)

Europe Beginning to Realize Its Lenders Share in the Blame (October 2, 2008)

Global Bankers Anxiously Watch U.S. (October 1, 2008)

Germany Pulls Two Suspected Terrorism Trainees From Plane (September 27, 2008)

Gunman Kills 10 Students At School In Finland (September 24, 2008)

Germany Arrests 2 Suspected in Terror Plot (September 20, 2008)

In Hunt for Bin Laden, a New Approach (September 10, 2008)

Al-Qaeda Masters Terrorism On the Cheap (August 24, 2008)

Bombings Kill 12 On Second Day of Attacks in Algeria (August 21, 2008)

Plane Crashes on Takeoff in Madrid (August 21, 2008)

Suicide Car Bomber Kills 43 in Algeria (August 20, 2008)

Thompson Loses by Knockout In Title Bid (July 13, 2008)

Germany Denies Being Pressured on Obama (July 12, 2008)

Zooming Around the Alps In a Homemade Wing Suit (July 4, 2008)

Computer Files Hold Key in CIA Case (June 26, 2008)

Germany to Send More Troops to Afghanistan (June 25, 2008)

Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive (June 24, 2008)

U.S. Network Falters in Mideast Mission (June 23, 2008)

A Bin Laden Brother's Ambitious Bridge Project (May 28, 2008)

Al-Qaeda Operative Loses Freedom in Yemen (May 19, 2008)

Bounties a Bust in Hunt for Al-Qaeda (May 17, 2008)

Field Notes (May 16, 2008)

Probe of USS Cole Bombing Unravels (May 4, 2008)

Vote Fails to Save Historic Berlin Airport (April 28, 2008)

Senior Al-Qaeda Commander Believed to Be Dead (April 10, 2008)

After a Decade at War With West, Al-Qaeda Still Impervious to Spies (March 20, 2008)

Bin Laden Threatens Europe Over Muhammad Cartoons (March 20, 2008)

For Germany's Former Communists, a Stunning Resurgence (March 16, 2008)

Non-European PhDs In Germany Find Use Of 'Doktor' Verboten (March 14, 2008)

U.S. Presses Allies for More Afghan Troops (February 11, 2008)

Ritual of Dealing With Demons Undergoes a Revival (February 11, 2008)

Dependent on a Dirty Fuel (February 8, 2008)

Al-Qaeda Commander Moved Freely in Pakistan (February 4, 2008)

Germany Rebuffs U.S. On Troops in Afghanistan (February 2, 2008)

Al-Qaeda Figure Is Killed in Pakistan (February 1, 2008)

The East Berlin Tunnel: Whose Ruse? (January 28, 2008)

Heirs of Jewish Art Collectors Pursue Works Sold in Nazi Era (January 21, 2008)

New Team in Poland Cool to U.S. Shield (January 19, 2008)

A Scholar's Legal Peril in Poland (January 18, 2008)

Taliban Commander Emerges As Pakistan's 'Biggest Problem' (January 10, 2008)

Terror Suspects Hone Anti-Detection Skills (January 5, 2008)

A Green Light for Common Sense (December 24, 2007)

Belgium Arrests 14 in Plot to Free Inmate Linked to Al-Qaeda (December 22, 2007)

In Europe, Opening Night at the Border (December 21, 2007)

Lebanon Convicts 2 In German Bomb Plot (December 19, 2007)

Many See China Rivaling U.S. in Influence by 2020, International Survey Finds (December 14, 2007)

Algiers Attacks Show Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit (December 13, 2007)

Dozens Killed in Algiers Bombings (December 12, 2007)

Taking U.S.-German Tie Personally (December 12, 2007)

Jailed Teen Is Cloud Over Turkey's E.U. Bid (December 10, 2007)

Germans Take Pride in the Wurst (December 2, 2007)

Jordan's Spy Agency: Holding Cell for the CIA (December 1, 2007)

Holocaust Survivors, Heirs Fight On for Compensation (November 25, 2007)

Church Tower Lists Toward Tipping Point, If Not a Title (November 23, 2007)

Finland's Gun Culture Facing New Questions (November 9, 2007)

Student Kills 7 Classmates, Principal at School in Finland (November 8, 2007)

Poles Soften Toward Stalin's Hulking 'Gift' (November 2, 2007)

21 Convicted in Madrid Bombings (November 1, 2007)

From CIA Jails, Inmates Fade Into Obscurity (October 27, 2007)

Poland's Powerful Twins Face Key Test Sunday (October 20, 2007)

Austria Holds Bosnian Who Took Explosives To the U.S. Embassy (October 2, 2007)

Official Links German Terror Plot to Syrian Arms, Pakistani Operatives (September 26, 2007)

Germans Drop Bid for Extraditions In CIA Case (September 24, 2007)

Converts To Islam Move Up In Cells (September 15, 2007)

Plot by German Cell Detailed on Internet (September 12, 2007)

The New Al-Qaeda Central (September 9, 2007)

Germany Widens Probe Into Bomb Plot (September 7, 2007)

Germany Says It Foiled Bomb Plot (September 6, 2007)

Al-Qaeda Suspect Released by Pakistan (August 22, 2007)

German Hard-Coal Production to Cease by 2018 (July 30, 2007)

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German Entrepreneur's Glamour Airline: Nicotine Niche or Pipe Dream? (July 25, 2007)

In Morocco's 'Chemist,' A Glimpse of Al-Qaeda (July 7, 2007)

Terror Webmaster Sentenced in Britain (July 6, 2007)

Homemade, Cheap and Dangerous (July 5, 2007)

Foreign Doctors Queried in Bomb Plot (July 4, 2007)

Bomb Plot Suspects Are Foreign Physicians (July 3, 2007)

Rigged Vehicle Rams Terminal At U.K. Airport (July 1, 2007)

Double Bombing Averted in London (June 30, 2007)

North Africa Reluctant to Host U.S. Command (June 24, 2007)

The Professor's Quantum Leap (June 8, 2007)

G-8 Leaders Trade Conflicting Views on Warming (June 7, 2007)

Thousands of Protesters Converge on G-8 Summit (June 6, 2007)

Germany Taking Hard Line to Foil Disruption at G-8 (June 6, 2007)

VW's Home Town Finds Ways to Cope With Globalization (June 5, 2007)

Group in Algeria Turned To Al-Qaeda for Assistance (May 30, 2007)

From Iraq to Algeria, Al-Qaeda's Long Reach (May 30, 2007)

From Nazi Past, a Proliferating Pest (May 26, 2007)

Algeria's Voters Uninspired as Limited Democracy Slowly Evolves (May 16, 2007)

Cloudy Germany a Powerhouse in Solar Energy (May 5, 2007)

Saudis Say They Broke Up Suicide Plots (April 28, 2007)

Across the Gulf of Time, Bearing Witness to Evil (April 22, 2007)

U.S. Issues Warning on Terrorism In Germany (April 21, 2007)

Suicide Bombers Strike N. Africa Again (April 15, 2007)

Suicide Attacks Mark Turn in Algeria (April 13, 2007)

Al-Qaeda Branch Claims Algeria Blasts (April 12, 2007)

Berliners Go Deep to Recover Past (April 5, 2007)

In Reconciling Its Past, Poland Is Divided Anew (April 1, 2007)

Iraqi Resident of Britain to Leave Guantanamo (March 30, 2007)

Czechs Agree to Talks on U.S. Missile Shield (March 29, 2007)

American Leads a New Generation of Polish Jews (March 26, 2007)

On Its 50th, E.U. Faces an Identity Crisis (March 25, 2007)

Terrorists Proving Harder to Profile (March 12, 2007)

Germans Reliving Red Army Faction's Season of Terror (March 4, 2007)

U.S. Won't Send CIA Defendants To Italy (March 1, 2007)

Terrorist Networks Lure Young Moroccans to War in Far-Off Iraq (February 20, 2007)

Milan Court Indicts 26 Americans In Abduction (February 17, 2007)

Iran Softens Tone, Declares Readiness To Resume Talks (February 12, 2007)

Putin Hits U.S. Over Unilateral Approach (February 11, 2007)

In Another CIA Abduction, Germany Has an Uneasy Role (February 5, 2007)

Travel Logs Aid Germans' Kidnap Probe (February 2, 2007)

A Colossal Leap of Faith In Fight Against Famine (February 2, 2007)

Germans Charge 13 CIA Operatives (February 1, 2007)

Six Decades After War, Cleanup Is a Constant (January 31, 2007)

A 'Chunnel' for Spain and Morocco (January 28, 2007)

Humor Article Leads to Conviction of 2 in Morocco (January 16, 2007)

Germans Anxiously Await Return Of National Bird's Beloved Brood (January 5, 2007)

Future of Historic Airport Has Berlin Divided Again (January 1, 2007)

Risk of Attack Rising, Officials In Europe Say (December 21, 2006)

In German Opera, Heads Come Off Without Incident (December 19, 2006)

Testimony Helps Detail CIA's Post-9/11 Reach (December 16, 2006)

Two Old Friends at Center of Poison Mystery (December 13, 2006)

Egypt Detains American In Terrorist Cell Case (December 5, 2006)

The CIA and The Militant Who Eluded It in Norway (December 4, 2006)

European Report Details Flights By CIA Aircraft (November 29, 2006)

Italian Spy Chief Out; Investigated In Abduction (November 21, 2006)

In Letter, Radical Cleric Details CIA Abduction, Egyptian Torture (November 10, 2006)

Leaders Struggle to Repair Polish-German Ties (October 31, 2006)

Photo Scandal Raises Doubts in Germany About Deployments (October 28, 2006)

Taking Terror Fight to N. Africa Leads U.S. to Unlikely Alliances (October 28, 2006)

U.S. Faces Obstacles To Freeing Detainees (October 17, 2006)

Case in Germany Puts An Old Taboo to the Test (October 11, 2006)

Germany's Denials on Detainees Challenged (October 7, 2006)

Al-Qaeda's Far-Reaching New Partner (October 5, 2006)

German Lawmakers Fault Abduction Probe (October 4, 2006)

Fear of Muslim Backlash Cancels Opera (September 27, 2006)

Hungarian Leader Defends Comments: 'I Did Not Lie' (September 22, 2006)

Protest in Hungary Draws 15,000 (September 21, 2006)

Algerian Program Offers Amnesty, but Not Answers About Past (September 17, 2006)

First Rabbis Ordained in Germany Since Holocaust (September 15, 2006)

Turk Was Abused at Guantanamo, Lawyers Say (August 26, 2006)

2nd Man Held in German Plot (August 25, 2006)

U.S. Frees Longtime Detainee (August 25, 2006)

At Guantanamo, Caught in a Legal Trap (August 21, 2006)

British Make Arrest In Plot (August 16, 2006)

Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit (August 11, 2006)

In Neutral Switzerland, A Rising Radicalism (July 20, 2006)

A Double Act Takes Center Stage in Poland (July 9, 2006)

Prosecutors: Italian Agency Helped CIA Seize Cleric (July 6, 2006)