Obama administration controversies

2011 armed conflict in the North African country of Libya

United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba

U.S. military operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan

PRISM is a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency (NSA) collects internet communications from various U.S. internet companies. The program is also known by the SIGAD . PRISM collects stored internet communications based on demands made to internet companies such as Google and Apple under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to turn over any data that match court-approved search terms. Among other things, the NSA can use these PRISM requests to target communications that were encrypted when they traveled across the internet backbone, to focus on

oil spill that began in April 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico

International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran

military actions against the Islamic State

American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea

U.S. federal statute known as Obamacare

foreign meddling campaign

XKeyscore (XKEYSCORE or XKS) is a classified computer system used by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for searching and analyzing global Internet data, which it collects in real time. The NSA has shared XKeyscore with other intelligence agencies, including the Australian Signals Directorate, Canada's Communications Security Establishment, New Zealand's Government Communications Security Bureau, Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, Japan's Defense Intelligence Headquarters, Germany's Bundesnachrichtendienst, and the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, the latter of

American politician and attorney

attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya.

2013 tax increase and spending decrease

2015–2017 normalization of Cuba–United States relations

classified weapons supply and training program to aid Syrian rebels

Military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria led by the United States of America

American law enforcement official

2015 bombing in Kundus

United States drone strikes in Pakistan between 2004 and 2018

Report compiled by the bipartisan United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

United States federal law

big data analysis and visualization tool used by the NSA

US surveillance program

American political controversy surrounding Hillary Rodham Clinton's conduct while Secretary of State

Dropmire is a surveillance program by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) aimed at surveillance of foreign embassies and diplomatic staff, including those of NATO allies. The program's existence was revealed in June 2013 by whistleblower Edward Snowden in The Guardian. The report alleged that at least 38 foreign embassies were under surveillance, some of them as far back as 2007.

ZunZuneo was an online social networking and microblogging service created by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and marketed to Cuban users. Following recommendations by the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, it was covertly developed as a long-term strategy to encourage Cuban youths to revolt against the nation's government, fomenting a political spring. The service officially began operating in 2010 but ran out of money two years later. Because of its clandestine and subversive nature, it became a target of criticism.

multi-national campaign beginning in June 2014 to rid Iraq of ISIL influence and deliver humanitarian aid to Iraqi minority religious and ethnic groups

political crisis and ongoing migrant crisis

2013 aviation incident in Europe

Afghanistan-Pakistan border dispute with Afghanistan on NATO's side

"Kill list" database of U.S. adversaries

war crime in Afghanistan, murders of civilians perpetrated by U.S. Army soldiers

Solyndra was a manufacturer of cylindrical panels of copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin film solar cells. It was based in Fremont, California. In 2009, the Obama administration co-signed $535 million in loans to Solyndra.

stymied DEA-led effort to undercut Hezbollah funding from illicit drug sources

Drone strike victim (1995–2011)

a book by Peter Schweizer

2014 fashion incident

US operation to capture weapons' smugglers

Naval incident between Iran and the United States

US federal law for its Department of Defense