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Almost from the moment that Islamist militants overran the U.S. consulate and assaulted a CIA annex in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012, politics consumed the deadly attacks. Using the event as partisan ammunition, Republicans and conservative media outlets sought to make the city’s name synonymous with Democratic scandal.

"At Trial, a Focus on the Facts, Not the Politics, of Benghazi" is from the October 01, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Stuffed by their captors into the back of a car with their children as they were being ferried across the rugged tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, an American woman and her Canadian husband were in the final moments of their five-year ordeal as hostages.

"A Gunbattle, Then Freedom for Hostage Family" is from the October 12, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

He is known as the Dark Prince or Ayatollah Mike, nicknames he earned as the CIA officer who oversaw the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the U.S. drone strike campaign that killed thousands of Islamist militants and hundreds of civilians.

"CIA Names New Iran Chief in a Sign of Trump's Hard Line" is from the June 02, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Matthew Rosenberg and Adam Goldman and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

The FBI warned a Republican congressman in 2012 that Russian spies were trying to recruit him, officials said, an example of how aggressively Russian agents have tried to influence Washington politics.

"FBI Once Warned GOP Congressman That Russian Spies Were Recruiting Him" is from the May 19, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman and Mark Mazzetti and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

U.S. spies collected information last summer revealing that senior Russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how to exert influence over Donald Trump through his advisers, according to three current and former U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence.

"Top Russian Officials Discussed How to Influence Trump Aides Last Summer" is from the May 24, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Matthew Rosenberg, Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Ever since FBI investigators discovered in 2013 that a Russian spy was trying to recruit an American businessman named Carter Page, the bureau maintained an occasional interest in Page. So when he became a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign last year and gave a Russia-friendly speech at a prestigious Moscow institute, it soon caught the bureau’s attention.

"Trump Adviser's Visit to Moscow Got the FBI's Attention" is from the April 19, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Scott Shane, Mark Mazzetti and Adam Goldman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

She fired none of the shots, she was nowhere near the bloody scene, and none of the evidence made public so far hints that she shared her husband’s violent jihadi ideology. Yet Noor Zahi Salman, the widow of the gunman who massacred revelers at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub, stood before a federal judge as the only person charged in the attack.

A secret, highly contentious Republican memo reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of a former Trump campaign associate shortly after taking office last spring, according to three people familiar with it.

"Secret Memo Hints at a New Republican Target: The Deputy Attorney General" is from the January 28, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Nicholas Fandos, Adam Goldman and Sharon Lafraniere and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

A Saudi immigrant suspected of once applying to join al-Qaida’s most notorious training camp was arrested on a charge of visa fraud in Oklahoma, where he had been living for years with his family, federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

"Saudi Suspected of Trying to Join Al-Qaida Camp Is Arrested in Oklahoma" is from the February 06, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman, Matt Apuzzo and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The C.I.A. is expanding its covert operations in Afghanistan, sending small teams of highly experienced officers and contractors alongside Afghan forces to hunt and kill Taliban militants across the country, according to two senior American officials, the latest sign of the agency’s increasingly integral role in President Trump’s counterterrorism strategy.

"A Newly Assertive C.I.A. Expands Its Taliban Hunt in Afghanistan" is from the October 22, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Eric Schmitt and Adam Goldman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

When Pakistani forces freed a Canadian-American family this fall held captive by militants, they also captured one of the abductors. U.S. officials saw a potential windfall: He was a member of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network who could perhaps provide valuable information about at least one other American hostage.

"Frustrated U.S. Might Withhold $255 Million in Aid From Pakistan" is from the December 29, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman, Mark Landler and Eric Schmitt and narrated by Archie Montgomery.

ROUND ROCK, Texas — It was not much — surveillance footage in and near an Austin-area FedEx store showing a man in a disguise dropping off packages. But for investigators from federal, state and local agencies who had been hunting a mysterious and prolific bomb-maker, it was what they needed — their first big break.

"Security Video of Red Pickup and Pink Gloves Led to Bomber" is from the March 22, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Manny Fernandez, Adam Goldman, Dave Montgomery and narrated by Kristi Burns.

It began with a subpoena. It ended with a question about whether its recipient was drunk on live television.

"Ex-Trump Aide Says He’ll Refuse Grand Jury Order. Or Not." is from the March 05, 2018 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Maggie Haberman, Adam Goldman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The man who killed 49 people at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub last year pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, in a 911 call, as the massacre unfolded. The sniper who shot to death five police officers in Dallas told the police that his goal was to attack white people. The man who attacked a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, posted a racist manifesto online.

"Search for a Motive in Las Vegas: Slow but ‘We’ll Get There’" is from the October 06, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Jennifer Medina, Alexander Burns and Adam Goldman and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

An American woman and her family who have been held hostage by militants in Afghanistan for five years have been freed, ending a case that has long frustrated diplomats and FBI agents involved in trying to secure their release, according to people familiar with the situation.

"Militants Free American Woman and Family Held for 5 Years in Afghanistan" is from the October 12, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

A former Trump campaign adviser told Congress he had a private conversation with a Russian deputy prime minister during the 2016 presidential campaign and that at least two members of the president’s team were aware, providing more details to what is publicly known about Moscow’s access to President Donald Trump’s circle, according to a congressional transcript released late Monday.

"Trump Adviser Page Describes Meeting With Russian Official During 2016 Campaign" is from the November 07, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Eileen Sullivan and Adam Goldman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

The State Department is expected to announce Friday that it will pull much of its staff out of the U.S. Embassy in Havana in the wake of mysterious attacks that have injured 21 people associated with the embassy.

"U.S. to Pull More Diplomats Out of Cuba After Attacks" is from the September 29, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and Adam Goldman and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Matthew Litton, a former Army officer and member of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team, choked up as he sat in a courtroom in Virginia earlier this year, questioned by his lawyer about his infertility problems.

"FBI Agents Faced Arrest and Ruin After Trying to Conceive a Child" is from the October 28, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about conversations with the Russian ambassador last December, becoming the first senior White House official to pledge cooperation in the special counsel’s wide-ranging inquiry of election meddling.

"Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the FBI and Will Cooperate With Russia Inquiry" is from the December 01, 2017 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Eileen Sullivan, Adam Goldman and Michael D. Shear and narrated by Mike DelGaudio.

A former CIA officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle United States spying operations and identify informants has been arrested, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The collapse of the spy network was one of the U.S. government’s worst intelligence failures in recent years.

"FBI Detains Man It Says Betrayed U.S. Spies in China" is from the January 16, 2018 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Adam Goldman and narrated by Kristi Burns.