Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.
Abu Sufyan al-Azdi, al Qaeda’s number two man in Yemen, is still dead. Or dead again. Or finally dead.
President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.
President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.
The Pentagon has canceled a popular air show even though it operates at a profit and takes place next fiscal year.
Ostensible allies in the fight against the Assad regime, al Qaeda and the Free Syrian Army are killing each other.
President Obama is losing public support in the one area where he’s generally had broad support from the public in the past.
A state of perpetual war is incompatible with good mental health and stable family relationships.
The US military’s lavish new headquarters in Afghanistan has been completed just in time for our exit.
Frustrations with the mercurial leader of Afghanistan may increase the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.
Michael Donley announced he was stepping down as Secretary of the Air force in April and did so in June. No replacement has been named.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says revealing that the United States is spying on its allies has undermined their trust.
Chief Justice Roberts is the only person who gets to say who sits on the FISA Court.
Don’t blame “secret courts” for the government’s expanded spying on American citizens and allies.
A decade ago. a certain New York Times columnist was more right than your humble host.
The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.
The French were indignant about reports of the NSA’s surveillance programs. Now we know they have own of their own.
Contemporary Americans accept actions by the state that were once the cause for revolt.
Every piece of mail you send and receive is being logged by the Postal Service.
The latest NSA leaks are likely to prove to be diplomatically embarrassing.
There seem to be some signs that defense hawks in the GOP are concerned about Rand Paul’s growing popularity in the party.
The conviction of Marine Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III for war crimes in 2006 has been overturned.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has wasted no time issuing a full-throated statement endorsing today’s DOMA ruling
Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.
New revelations from The Guardian