Outside the Beltway

The ACLU is suing over the NSA’s data mining. Does it really have a chance?

Revelations about the NSA’s data mining programs don’t seem to be having a significant impact on public opinion.

Not only do we not know the whole story of the NSA data mining operation, key details of what thought we knew are wrong.

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

Would more information about the Benghazi attacks have changed the outcome of the Presidential election?

The American people aren’t panicking.

Are civil liberties once again at risk in the wake of the bombing attack in Boston?

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

For better or worse, the attack in Boston is likely to have an impact on the immigration reform debate.

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

What Miranda does and does not cover and what consequences follow if police do not comply.

Targeting terrorist leadership may be counterproductive.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Rand Paul’s questions about the nation’s drone war were only the beginning.

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.

Walter Russell Mead presents his sitrep of the War on Terror.

Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, but the campaign against him tells us much about the current state of Republican foreign policy

Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.

Resurrecting and old, and bad, idea.

The GOP’s image problems continue

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

The Republican Party needs a new message on foreign policy that is true to the conservative principles of the base and yet has a broad appeal to the American public.

Equating opposition to the President with racism is absurd.

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

The candidate’s meet for one last time tonight to talk about some of the most important issues in the world.

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI today was billed as a major foreign policy address, but it was incredibly light on substance.

One Professor suggests we sacrifice yet more of our freedom in the wake of the embassy protests in the Middle East.

Senator Rand Paul suggests the GOP may want to reconsider its foreign policy aggressiveness.

The 9/11 attacks and our response to them changed America, and not for the better.

Based on its recently passed platform, the Democratic Party has given up any pretense of putting civil liberties ahead of “national security.”

Hey GOP, Lt. Sulu has some questions for you.

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

From one Nobel Peace Prize winner to another.

After a decade of war, suicides are surging among American troops.

Vetting, media bias, and a passing swipe at the war on terror.

Phony wars on Stay At Home Moms, dogs, and Osama bin Laden. The Obama campaign is pointing at the shiny object, and the right is falling for it.

My first piece for The New Republic, “Why the Obama Administration’s Drone War May Soon Reach a Tipping Point,” is up.

Osama bin Laden’s death provides Barack Obama with an important political shield during the upcoming campaign.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

Despite their rhetoric, there would be few differences between a Romney Administration and an Obama Administration when it comes to foreign policy.

Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

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