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FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 file photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. WikiLeaks said Saturday Jan. 8, 2011 that U.S. investigators have gone to San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. to demand the private messages, contact information and other personal details of Julian Assange and three people associated with the secret-spilling website. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUT (AP)

Court probes WikiLeaks Twitter info

Raphael G. Satter
A subpoena presses Wikileaks, Assange thinks that Google, Facebook are facing similar requests about his site
Sen. John Boehner and Robert Gates

Republican deficit hypocrisy off to a great start on defense spending

Alex Pareene
While the national debt is the most important issue in the world, we mustn't cut a single dollar from the Pentagon
FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2010 file photo, National Guard security personnel watch as travelers make their way through Grand Central Station in New York. As the holiday tourist season begins in the Big Apple, there are reminders everywhere of how being the country’s main target for terrorism has gradually changed this city. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) (AP)

Report: Post 9/11 America still not safe

Adam Clark Estes
With the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 on the calendar this year, experts weigh in on the state of terrorism
In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, a U.S. Marine, left, Flight Medic Staff Sgt. Richard Jarrett, second from right, and Crew Chief Spc. Bryan Channon, of Okla., help U.S. Marine Pfc. Justin Turner, center, of Flower Mound, Texas, who was wounded in an IED attack, aboard a U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

101st Airborne starts coming home after deadly tour

Kristin M. Hall
Commander says this marks the beginning of the return of 17,000 division soldiers deployed in Afghanistan
David Lyons in "The Cape"

“The Cape”: Why can’t TV do superheroes?

Matt Zoller Seitz
"The Cape," NBC's latest attempt to bring the popular genre to the small screen, fails in nearly every respect
An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet sits onboard the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier. (Reuters)

Does America really have the finest military in the world?

William J. Astore
The retired officer in me warms to the sentiment, but the historian in me begs to differ
Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses troops at Forward Operating Base Joyce in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Win McNamee, Pool) (AP)

Obama sending more troops to Afghanistan

Justin Elliott
At the same time the White House insists things are going well, it is reportedly deploying another 1,400 troops
In this Sept. 2, 2010 photo, a U.S. Marine, left, and U.S. Amy Flight Medic Staff Sgt. Richard Jarrett, right, rush U.S. Marine Pfc. Justin Turner, center, of Flower Mound, Texas, who was wounded in an IED attack, across an irrigated field deep with mud to a waiting U.S. Army Task Force Shadow medevac helicopter, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Aeromedical teams with the 101st Airborne's Task Force Destiny provide the fast medical evacuation of those wounded throughout southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

Gates sending 1,400 more Marines to Afghanistan

Pauline Jelinek
Extra troops will supplement the 30,000 already in the country
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2010, file photo House Speaker-designate John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the 112th Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions, or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

GOP 2011: Repeal, oppose, subpoena

Larry Margasak
Republicans look to use House advantage towards investigating Democrats, preparing for 2012
Gen. David Petraeus, right, commander of Multi National Corps Forces in Iraq gets interviewed by Fox News Reporter Clurissa Ward, left, at the Al Shurja Market Place in the Rusafa area of E. Baghdad, Iraq on March 11, 2007. (U.S Army Photo by SPC. Davis Pridgen) (Released). (Spc Davis Pridgen)

Petraeus blew $1 million on Iraqi water park

Justin Elliott
The celebrated commander used discretionary funds to build an Iraqi water park that is now in ruins
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Graham: Afghans must “earn” permanent U.S. bases

Justin Elliott
The Republican senator wants the American military in Afghanistan permanently -- but only if the locals "earn it"
U.S. President Barack Obama laughs with Vice President Joe Biden at an event for candidate Chris Coons, the Democrat running for a Senate seat against Christine O'Donnell in Wilmington, Delaware October 15, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) (© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

You know, 2010 wasn’t a bad year for Obama

Steve Kornacki
He was showered with cries of "Betrayal!" from some of his allies, but he achieved more than you might realize

10 from 2010: Our favorite Salon stories

Kerry Lauerman
One final look back at our own work, and what we liked best
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Afghan officials say Taliban commander killed

Elena Becatoros
The "shadow governor" of a northern Afghan province died in an overnight raid
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Fewer journalist killings in 2010

Angela Doland, Gabriele Steinhauser
Reporting from the battlefield is safer but covering crime, gangs and domestic strife is becoming more dangerous
REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT U.S. President Barack Obama meets with troops at Bagram Air Base, December 3, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) (Reuters)

U.N. maps belie claims of Afghan progress

Justin Elliott
Internal security documents show the situation in Afghanistan deteriorating, despite Obama's claims to the contrary
A servicemember greets his family at the airport.

Home for the holidays: Soldier reunions

Christopher R Walker
Get your hankies ready: Our favorite videos of soldiers returning home to their families
FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 picture shows copies of J.D. Salinger's classic novel "The Catcher in the Rye" as well as his volume of short stories called "Nine Stories" at the Orange Public Library in Orange Village, Ohio. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose "The Catcher in the Rye" shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, died Wednesday at the age of 91. At left is a 1951 photo of the author. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) (AP)

Final goodbye: Some who died in ’10

BERNARD McGHEE
A comprehensive roll call, from Byrd, Salinger, Redgrave, McQueen, Horn, Curtis to many more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside Ellingham Hall, the home of his friend, journalist Vaughan Smith, in Norfolk, England December 17, 2010. Assange said on Friday that he was the target of an aggressive U.S. investigation and feared extradition to the United States was "increasingly likely". REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW MEDIA) (Reuters)

Yes, Julian Assange actually is a criminal

Michael Lind
Glenn Greenwald took exception to my characterization of the WikiLeaks founder. Here's why it's accurate
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Rome mayor: Device on subway couldn’t explode

Associated Press
Package found under a subway car had wires, pipes and explosive powder

The NYT spills key military secrets on its front page

Glenn Greenwald
Will the New York Times be treated differently than Julian Assange? Plus: Why Michael Lind is wrong
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2010 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden gestures while speaking the South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington. For an early idea of how the Democratic White House and emboldened House Republicans will get along next year, keep an eye on Biden and California congressman Darrell Issa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

Joe Biden’s absurd Afghanistan promise

Justin Elliott
Biden says the U.S. will "totally" leave Afghanistan by 2014, but the real policy is not so simple
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., left, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, with Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, center, head to a news conference about the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" bill on an unusual Saturday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Repeal would mean that, for the first time in American history, gays would be openly accepted by the military. Reid said a final vote would come at 3 p.m. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Senate ends DADT

Anne Flaherty
The President will soon sign a Congress-approved repeal of the military's 17-year ban on openly gay troops
Peter King

The Republican congressman who supported terrorism

Justin Elliott
The GOP congressman launching an investigation of U.S. Muslims has his own history of supporting terror
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