In late 2007 the United States intelligence agencies issue a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that Iran had stopped seeking to build a nuclear weapon. In a column The myth of the Mad Mullahs, David Ignatius wrote that the most important finding of the NIE was not the stoppage of Iranian work on ...

I feel compelled to respond to David Ignatius's Jan. 7 op-ed, "A Surprise for Langley," in which a former CIA officer, in response to the nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA director, was quoted as stating, "Thank goodness it's not a military guy."...

At the end of his post about a Washington Post editorial yesterday, Daled Amos writes: Maybe they should just go back to having terrorists writing op-eds. Maybe someone in the Post’s editorial department was listening because today, op-ed columnist David Ignatius acted as a PR flack published ...

The Post is one of the best newspapers in the country -- so much better than the hollowed-out newspapers scattered across the landscape. As my term ends, I'd like to again point out ways that The Post can enhance its accessibility, credibility and appeal to readers in this time of economic stress....

The Post is one of the best newspapers in the country -- so much better than the hollowed-out newspapers scattered across the landscape. As my term ends, I'd like to again point out ways that The Post can enhance its accessibility, credibility and appeal to readers in this time of economic stress....

David Ignatius urges Obama to find a Warren Buffet of intelligence to be the next director of national intelligence.The right answer? Find the Buffett-like manager who can create a truly great U.S. intelligence system at DNI, then let that person pick a CIA director who will be nonpolitical. And the...

A haunting column by David Ignatius recently left Americans to wonder how our brave but overworked police force would handle a Mumbai-style assault ["The Next Mumbai," op-ed, Dec. 3]. Lucky for us, our Founding Fathers designed a solution to this problem, and they even had the foresight to put it in...

In a nutshell, Body of Lies opens well, and starts building an interesting story. Then it goes off on a dubious subplot that isn't very convincing and takes far too long to develop. As the subplot is crucial to the ending of the film - your understanding of the characters, their motivations and thei...

As David Ignatius explained in his June 29 op-ed ["Why Not A Debate In Dubai?"], having presidential contenders face off in the Middle East might bring greater relevance to their rhetoric on the Iraq war. However, what message would be sent if one of the more salient elements of a democratic contest...

In his June 19 op-ed column, "The Right Iraq Footprint," David Ignatius gave a solid and well-reasoned course for proceeding in the Iraq situation....