Ken Dilanian

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FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama addresses the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The United Nations Security Council is expected to adopt a binding resolution this week that would require nations to bar their citizens from traveling abroad to join terrorism organizations, part of a U.S.-led effort to galvanize the international community against what Obama administration officials call an "unprecedented" threat from extremists flocking to Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

UN to bind nations on new foreign terrorist rules

Ken Dilanian · September 22, 2014 5:39 pm

CIA stops spying on friendly nations in W. Europe

Ken Dilanian · September 20, 2014 7:52 am

FILE -- In this April 21, 2010 file photo James Clapper is seen in McLean, Va., just outside of Washington. Clapper, the U.S. director of national intelligence, said during a public event Thursday Sept. 18, 2014 that the U.S. is assuming more risk because it has stopped spying on "specific targets," though he didn't spell out details. The CIA has curbed spying on friendly governments in Western Europe in response to the furor over a German caught selling secrets to the United States and the Edward Snowden revelations of classified information held by the National Security Agency, according to current and former U.S. officials. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

AP Exclusive: CIA halts spying in Europe

Ken Dilanian · September 20, 2014 4:08 am

In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National Security

Intelligence director disputes allegations he lied

Ken Dilanian · September 18, 2014 4:29 pm

Intel chief: Al-Qaida cell in Syria poses threat

Intel chief: Al-Qaida cell in Syria poses threat

Ken Dilanian · September 18, 2014 2:19 pm

US can’t track Westerners fighting in Syria

US can’t track Westerners fighting in Syria

Ken Dilanian · September 17, 2014 3:51 pm

FILE - In this March 2, 2013 file photo, a view of an oil field under control of Kurdish militias near the town of Deriq, in a Kurdish area of Syria, near the border with Iraq. The Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf nations for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, human trafficking, theft and extortion, according to U.S. intelligence officials and private experts. The group, which has taken over large sections of Syria and Iraq, controls as many as 11 oil fields in both countries, analysts say. It is selling oil and other goods through generations-old smuggling networks under the noses of some of the same governments it is fighting: Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, Turkey and Jordan. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

National Security

Islamic State group’s war chest is growing daily

Ken Dilanian · September 15, 2014 3:16 pm

FILE - In this March 2, 2013 file photo, a view of an oil field under control of Kurdish militias near the town of Deriq, in a Kurdish area of Syria, near the border with Iraq. The Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf nations for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than $3 million a day from oil smuggling, human trafficking, theft and extortion, according to U.S. intelligence officials and private experts. The group, which has taken over large sections of Syria and Iraq, controls as many as 11 oil fields in both countries, analysts say. It is selling oil and other goods through generations-old smuggling networks under the noses of some of the same governments it is fighting: Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, Turkey and Jordan. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Islamic State group’s war chest is growing daily

Ken Dilanian · September 14, 2014 11:09 am

CIA: Islamic State group has up to 31,500 fighters

CIA: Islamic State group has up to 31,500 fighters

Ken Dilanian · September 11, 2014 9:42 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2014 file photo, Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington. Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia and Jordan this week to meet with Mideast leaders about confronting threats from the Islamic State militant group. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the meetings with will focus on how the region can contribute to a new crackdown against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

US fears Islamic State group attack on Jordan

Ken Dilanian · September 8, 2014 9:47 pm

Kurdish demonstrators gather in front of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. For years, Kurdish officials have beseeched the Obama administration to let them buy U.S. weapons. For just as long, the administration has rebuffed America's closest allies in Iraq. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kurdish pleas for weapons may finally be heard

Ken Dilanian · August 9, 2014 6:59 pm

Former NSA chief defends cybersecurity venture

Former NSA chief defends cybersecurity venture

Ken Dilanian · August 5, 2014 10:05 pm