Greg Miller

Recent stories written by Greg Miller

U.S. missed chance to question suspect (1/21/2010)

WASHINGTON – In a tacit admission that the U.S. squandered a chance to gain valuable information after the failed Christmas Day airline bombing, the nation's intelligence director testified Wednesday that authorities had been too quick to read the suspect his Miranda rights and grant him access to an attorney.

Yemen says airstrikes hit al-Qaida operatives (12/25/2009)

WASHINGTON – The Yemeni government said it carried out airstrikes Thursday on a suspected gathering of al-Qaida operatives, and indicated that a radical cleric tied to the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, may have been among those killed.

Obama orders Afghanistan surge (12/2/2009)

Announcing a major expansion of the war in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said the swift deployment of 30,000 troops would be enough to break the Taliban before the soldiers begin coming home in mid-2011 – a bet he is making because the U.S. cannot afford a drawn-out, costly campaign.

CIA pays millions to Pakistani intelligence (11/15/2009)

WASHINGTON – The CIA has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan's intelligence service since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign spy agency's annual budget, current and former U.S. officials say.