Tech

Analysis: Are 50 Foiled Terrorist Plots Worth Your Privacy?

NSA director's testimony doesn't answer critics' charges about the potential for abuse.

Defense

The Taliban Is Ready for Peace Talks

Qatar to host direct negotiations among the Taliban, the Karzai government and the U.S.

Defense

Analysis: Why Are People So Distrustful of Big Government?

For some, it's a long history of abuses carried out in the name of national security.

Defense

Analysis: President Obama's Uphill Defense of the NSA Surveillance

Trust us, because ... trust us.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Farewell, Ahmadinejad

The Iranian president is term-limited out and David Letterman is curious about what is next.

Pay & Benefits

How Many Times Can You Retire From Government?

Senator reveals not one, not two, but three public pensions atop his salary.

Oversight

Federal Employees Increasingly Under Attack on Public Lands

Park Police report 43 percent rise in violent attacks in 2012.

Oversight

Why Obama’s Approval Rating Isn’t Higher

Controversies could prevent him from getting credit for the improving economy.

Oversight

IRS Supervisor Clarifies Washington Role in Tax-Exempt Targeting

Paz tells Hill investigators she scrutinized some applications.

Oversight

House Oversight Leader's Plan to Resuscitate the IRS Scandal

Rep. Darrell Issa is committed to keeping the scandal in the spotlight.

Oversight

In Rare Interview, Cheney Champions NSA Surveillance

But he doesn't quite throw his support to President Obama.

Oversight

Obama's Approval Ratings Have Taken a Huge Hit After Scandals

Numbers dip especially among young people and on handling of terrorism.

Oversight

Al Gore: NSA Surveillance 'Violates the Constitution'

Former vice president pushes President Obama and Congress to revisit the laws underlying the program.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Obama, Clinton and Snowden

The NSA leaker reminds Jimmy Fallon of a television advertising staple.

Oversight

Bill Would Reverse Green Initiatives for New Federal Buildings

Lawmakers want to undo plans to reduce coal and natural gas consumption in federal government.

Nextgov

CIA Gave Amazon a Leg Up on Cloud Deal

Intelligence agency unfairly allowed the company to weaken security requirements, auditor finds.

Oversight

Daniel Ellsberg on the High Costs of Executive-Branch Secrecy

The president and his underlings, "given a chance to paralyze opposition by practicing secrecy and deception, will use that power."

Management

Top Secret Defense Contractors No Longer Being Reinvestigated

Many personnel with top clearance may be affected by the change.

Oversight

You Are Going to Pay $100 Million for Obama's Trip to Africa

Vacation will require a Navy aircraft carrier, fighter jets, military cargo planes, three truck-loads of bulletproof glass, limos and security.