Outside the Beltway

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

A computer virus has infected America’s fleet of Predator and Reaper drones.

Mike Flynn, the 2-star who blasted military intelligence, is now the 3-star charged with fixing military intelligence.

Ahead of his big foreign policy speech, Mitt Romney has unveiled his “Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory Team” which “will assist Governor Romney as he presents his vision for restoring American leadership in the world and securing our enduring interests and ideals abroad.”

Ten years ago tomorrow, President Bush announced that “the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.”

We’re learning more about the Obama Administration’s decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki

One in three U.S. veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting.

Anesthesiologist Eugene Lipov thinks he has found a cheap, effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. The Army won’t fund it.

In an interview, President Obama says that Americans are worse off than they were four years ago.

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Marcia Anderson has become the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the US Army.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

My latest for The Atlantic, “The Thorniest Question: When Can a President Order an American Killed?” has been posted.

If you’re interested in knowing how the candidates would handle a foreign policy crisis, last night’s debate was mostly unhelpful.

During last night’s debate, Mitt Romney repeated a charge that has become part of the conservative zeitgeist. But is it true?

Stephen Hill, a US soldier serving in Iraq, was booed by some members of the audience at last night’s Republican debate.

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

Historian J. David Hacker argues that the death toll from the US Civil War is much higher than we think.

We won’t solve our fiscal problems by soaking “the rich.”

The U.S. War in Afghanistan sounds disturbingly similar to the Soviet one.

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

Four American soldiers are now on the ground in Libya. Reports have them wearing boots.

Paul Krugman chose to mark the the 10th anniversary of September 11th with an odd blog post.

Not every 10th anniversary of a horrible surprise attack has been treated the same.

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

The short-lived national unity spawned by the attacks of a decade ago was re-kindled for a few hours as former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush joined with Vice President Joe Biden to honor Flight 93.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

For a peace envoy, Blair has some nonpeaceful ideas.

Killing’s our business and business is good.

Are colleges teaching the right lessons about the 9/11 attacks?

Flashback: When David Petraeus was simply known as “Peaches” & was a member of the “French Club”

What does the apparent outcome of the war in Libya mean for the so-called “Responsibility To Protect” doctrine?

Understanding why your enemy hates you seems to be an important thing, but some people would rather believe in caricatures.