Outside the Beltway

A top Trump campaign adviser was the subject of a FISA warrant for at least part of last year.

Lt. General Michael Flynn wants immunity before he agrees to testify before Congress. This could be significant, or it could mean nothing at all.

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.

A potentially controversial commutation from President Obama today.

Good thing the world is a static, simple place…

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

More evidence that Trump would be a terrible president.

Another set of revelations shows that the Clinton campaign has yet to put the email story behind it.

The presumptive Democratic nominee for president won’t be going to jail. But we knew that.

In a sign that the ongoing F.B.I. investigation into her use of a private email server and handling of classified information is coming to an end, the former Secretary of State was interviewed by Federal Agents today.

Apple is resisting a Federal Court order that it assist the F.B.I. in decryption of the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.

More email headaches for the Clinton campaign, but it remains unclear if any wrongdoing occurred.

New email headaches for Hillary Clinton, but it’s not clear what impact they will have on the race for President, if they have any impact at all.

The North Koreans claim to have made a major advance in their nuclear weapons program, but there are many reasons to be skeptical.

Disturbing reports over the weekend that American leaders may not be getting the kind of unbiased intelligence analysis about ISIS that they need to make decisions.

After thirty years in Federal Prison, Jonathan Pollard is a free man. Make no mistake, though. Pollard is not, and never has been, a hero and he deserves to be remembered as nothing but the criminal that he is.

A Federal Judge has ruled that the N.S.A. metadata collection program is unconstitutional, but it’s unclear if the ruling will have much of an impact.

American intelligence officials are saying that a Russian passenger jet that went down over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was most likely brought down by a bomb.

Clinton’s wanton disregard for the rules had predictable consequences.

Hillary Clinton has turned over her private email server in the wake of reports about highly classified information in her email.

After 30 years in prison, Jonathan Pollard will be released later this year.

Reports are circulating that the Obama Administration is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard, and many are seeing it as an effort to placate Israel in the wake of the Iran deal.

Did Hillary Clinton mishandle classified information while Secretary of State? Two Inspectors General want to find out.

Was this simply ordinary intelligence collection? Or something more insidious?

An Air Force general is bragging about a targeting technique being used against ISIS.

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act

Don’t believe everything you read in the papers.

Many provisions of the Patriot Act lapsed at midnight, but apparently the world hasn’t ended.

The Senate returns tomorrow to try to pass an extension of the PATRIOT Act before it expires, but it may not be able to do so.

The first batch of email from Hillary Clinton regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi have been released, and they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.

The Senate went home last night without passing a bill to renew the PATRIOT Act, which expires at the end of the month.

Who knew terrorists had an H.R. Department?

Rand Paul held the Senate floor for nearly twelve hours yesterday to talk about the PATRIOT Act, but it’s unclear if he accomplished anything.

The House has passed a bill that would place real restrictions on the National Security Agency’s data mining program. Now, it moves to the Senate.

Seymour Hersh is out with a conspiracy theory about the death of Osama bin Laden that just doesn’t make sense.

Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.

Director of National Intelligence now tells Congress that he testified falsely about NSA spying because he forgot the program existed.

Largely in reaction to revelations about N,S.A. surveillance, Germany has cut back on its intelligence cooperation with the United States.

A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the N.S.A.’s data mining program is illegal, but its ruling may not have a very big impact.

An attack on al Qaeda outposts in January resulted in the death of two hostages, but also resulted in the death of two high value al Qaeda targets.

Chinese analysts are telling their American counterparts that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is far more sophisticated than previously believed.

Not surprisingly, the Select Committee established by House Republicans to investigate something that has already been investigated multiple times, will be in operation well into the Presidential Election season.

President George W. Bush had a running battle with the CIA throughout his eight years in office. Now, they’ve given him an award.

Yet another probable rift between the U.S. and Israel over Iran.