Reporting & Analysis
J.J. Green
JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent, covering global intelligence, national security and terrorism developments. He's interviewed the leadership of the CIA, DIA, DHS, and the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff about issues critical to international security. He provides daily analysis and guidance on global security.
Pentagon's focus on African-based threats to the U.S.
WTOP's J.J. Green speaks to Department of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
Intelligence Community spared DoD furloughs
Department of Defense employees working in the Intelligence community will likely avoid furloughs, an Intelligence official tells WTOP.
Syrian rebels deny using chemical weapons
The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry for Syria is "wrong" about reports the Syrian rebels have used chemical weapons, according to a rebel spokesman who accuses the organization of not being trustworthy.
Terrorists suspected of using U.S. 'asylum' system
As federal law enforcement authorities question the parents of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and detain some of their friends, new information is emerging about a tactic terrorists allegedly are using to slip into the U.S.
Expert: Boston suspects eluded 'broken system'
A former top CIA covert operative tells WTOP the Tsarnaev brothers were not amateurs.
A sad day
The body of 25-year-old U.S foreign service officer Anne Smedinghoff of Illinois is expected to be returned to the U.S. today.
Mali lawmaker begs for help from U.S.
The only female member of Mali's parliament representing the northern part of the country is pleading for help from the United States in the midst of a battle against al-Qaida fighters.
Column: Reflecting on the Iraq War, 10 years later
In May of 2006, WTOP National Correspondent JJ Green went to Iraq for the first time. He came home a different man.
Spy in the Sky: A close encounter
On March 5, a drone came within 200 feet of a Boeing 777, leading to a momentary scramble to determine the origin and coordinates of the drone.
Syrian conflict complicates U.S.-Iraq relations
The spillover of violence from Syria tops a list of growing concerns that a delegation of senior Iraqi officials are in Washington to discuss. The officials suggest that Iraq's security is threatened by the stalemate between the Syrian government and the rebels.
The challenges facing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
JJ Green, WTOP National Security Correspondent
One day before potential sequester, damage is already done
J.J. Green, WTOP's national security correspondent
Officials: Sequester could compromise U.S. intelligence gathering
A trial in the United Kingdom last week exposed al-Qaida's new strategy for attacking the U.S.
Al-Qaida is less splash and more plots
JJ Green, WTOP National Security correspondent
Counterterrorism agency working against the clock
Officials at the National Counterterrorism Center in D.C. are working around the clock, piecing together information to fend off future terrorism attacks.
President Hamid Karzai bans Afghan security forces from airstrikes during operations in residential areas
JJ Green, national security correspondent, WTOP
What worries the U.S. about North Korea's latest nuclear test
JJ Green, WTOP national security correspondent
Stuxnet attack offers lesson for U.S. energy industry
The Stuxnet attack offered a lesson for the U.S. energy industry, requiring nuclear facilities to review what protections they had in place.
North Korea throws another monkey wrench
J.J. Green, national security correspondent
North Korea's nuclear weapons test was no surprise
J.J. Green, WTOP's national security correspondent
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