Michael Isikoff

Is he a hero or a criminal?

How waterboarding got the green light from Bush.

In advance of a new report to the White House, Bob Graham talks about the possible nature and likelihood of a WMD terrorist attack over the next few years.

Facing criticism, John Brennan withdraws from consideration to head CIA. Who will Obama turn to now?

Despite the hopes of many human-rights advocates, the new Obama Justice Department is not likely to launch major new criminal probes of harsh interrogations and other alleged abuses by the Bush administration.

The U.S. strikes at Al Qaeda as its No. 2 addresses Obama.

The Justice department is getting flooded with a new wave of requests for pardons and commutations from convicted felons hoping for clemency from President Bush before he leaves office.

In campaign's final days, McCain ramps up attack on Obama's ties to convicted Chicago developer.

The disclosure that the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and accessories for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family set off recriminations among GOP officials—and, more important, party donors.

McCain isn't the first Arizonan to use 'socialist' epithet.

Why did the NSA classify 'public' report on wiretaps?

A new Alaska legislative report finding that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power and violated state ethics laws spells new trouble for the McCain campaign. Special counsel Steve Branchflower's report could lead to fines or legislative action to censure Palin.

The Obama campaign has shattered all fund-raising records, raking in $458 million so far, with about half the bounty coming from donors who contribute $200 or less.

Report: Top Bush aides ducked queries on prosecutor firings

Few advisers in John McCain's inner circle inspire more loyalty from him than campaign manager Rick Davis. McCain and his wife, Cindy, credit the shrewd, and sometimes volatile, Republican insider with rescuing the campaign last year when it was out of money and on the verge of collapse.

Regulatory filings indicate that McCain campaign chief Rick Davis remains an officer with his lobbying firm.

Freddie Mac continued checks to McCain campaign chief's firm.

Are Al Qaeda fighters returning home from Iraq to launch new attacks against U.S. targets?

A McCain lawyer scrambles to block a Palin ethics inquiry.

Eleven years before the current investigation into her dismissal of Alaska's top cop, Sarah Palin was embroiled in a similar dispute over another personnel issue: her firing of the police chief in her hometown of Wasilla.

By Michael Isikoff Most Alaskans may seem excited about Gov. Sarah Palin's selection as John McCain's running mate. But there's at least one group of her constituents that has had a more subdued reaction: the state's Muslims.

Why are federal prosecutors threatening a government-secrets expert?

Nominee's ally moves to curb probe of Palin

Cops put the hurt on 'anarchist' protesters.

By Michael Isikoff The McCain team has hastily assembled a team of former Bush White House aides to tutor the vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, on foreign-policy issues, to write her speeches and to begin preparing her for her all-important Oct. 2 debate against Sen.

Inside America's newest terrorism museum.

When the FBI publicly branded the late Dr. Bruce Ivins as the anthrax killer, it unsealed court affidavits suggesting a possible motive for the mailing to one target: NBC anchor Tom Brokaw.

When the FBI was scrambling to unravel the 2001 anthrax attacks, one of the first scientists they turned to for help was Bruce E. Ivins, a veteran researcher at the U.S. Army bioweapons lab in Fort Detrick, Md.

The "shortlist" of options to be Barack Obama's running mate is longer than most media accounts have suggested. In addition to the familiar front runners—Delaware Sen.

How Saudi Arabia's Prince Bandar muscled Tony Blair into silence.