Outside the Beltway

Just because NSA data mining is legal, that doesn’t mean it’s proper or that the American people should tolerate it.

In what may be the worst sales pitch in history, President Obama says, “”If people don’t trust the executive branch, and also congress and the judicial branch, then we’re going to have some problems here.”

At what point do science and magic converge? And what are the potential costs?

Sadly, this is not surprising.

The government has your cell phone and credit card records. What can they do with that information?

Big Brother is doing more than just checking your phone records.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

Apparently, it’s not just reporters whose phone logs the Obama administration is tracking.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

The final release of President Lyndon Johnson’s tape recordings reveals a bizarre plot.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

Secret surveillance of American citizens has dramatically increased under the Obama Administration.

According to a new report, the CIA considers Israel to be an espionage threat.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”

Eduardo Saverin has become a political whipping boy.

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Government workers are among society’s favorite whipping boys. Why?

Should transparency stop at the water’s edge?

General Jim Jones is stepping down as National Security Advisor.

Tish Long, the new director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), is the first woman to head a major U.S. intelligence agency.