Management
Reciprocal Drug Approval Between the FDA and Europe Surfaces in the Presidential Race
Ted Cruz and his Senate colleague, Mike Lee, want Americans to be able to buy drugs that have been approved by other developed countries.
Management
Ben Carson Wants to Intensify the War on Drugs
The retired neurosurgeon is as prohibitionist as anyone running for presidency this cycle—and the reasoning he offers is surprisingly weak.
Management
Is There Enough Evidence For a Criminal Investigation Into Hillary Clinton's Email?
The situation shows the dysfunction of our system for classifying documents and prosecuting leaks.
Defense
When Security Screening Crosses the Line
A screener at the Denver airport allegedly conspired to grope the genitals of male passengers he found attractive
Oversight
The CIA's Most Important Overseer Is Abetting Its Torture Coverup
Senator Richard Burr now leads the Senate committee charged with keeping tabs on the spy agency. But he's behaving more like a CIA asset.
Defense
Michael Hayden to NBC: No One Ever Warned Us Against Overreacting to 9/11
A damning admission from a former head of the CIA and NSA.
Defense
Did a SEAL Team Six Member Violate the Espionage Act?
At the top, federal employees leak with impunity. At the bottom, they're at the mercy of an opaque apparatus that masquerades as justice.
Oversight
Congress Still Has No Idea How Much the NSA Spies on Americans
Adequate oversight is impossible when even diligent members of the Senate Intelligence Committee can't get basic facts about surveillance.
Defense
Where Is the Investigation Into Financial Corruption at the NSA?
Suspicious business dealings by several high-ranking officials easily warrant an inquiry. Does anyone in Congress care enough to make it happen?
Management
Journalists Should Stop Exalting Loyalty Among Elites
Former cabinet secretaries owe allegiance to the American public and the truth, not the presidents who appointed them.
Defense
The Homeland Security Department Is Not Prepared for a Pandemic
Though the flu is a bigger threat than terrorism, DHS is approaching it with a mix of ineptness and cynicism.
Management
Bush and Obama Spurred Ed Snowden to Spill U.S. Secrets
The whistleblower started out as an idealistic booster of the national security state. Illegal and immoral behavior he witnessed on the inside turned him into an outsider.
Management
7 Pages That Gave President Obama Cover to Kill Americans
A newly released memo from the Office of Legal Counsel calls the wisdom of David Barron's lifetime appointment to a federal judgeship into question.
Management
Teacher Uses Rush Limbaugh Book to Teach Civil War to 3rd Graders
If you meet an 8-year-old who thinks that slavery ended because of American exceptionalism this may be why.
Management
In Defense of Naked Joe Biden
The political press is tittering over the idea of the vice president skinny-dipping—and missing the real news in a forthcoming book on his Secret Service detail.
Defense
Who Can Respect a System That Helps the CIA to Behave This Way?
This is exactly the sort of situation that would an encourage a reluctant leaker to step forward.
Tech
Keith Alexander's Unethical Get-Rich-Quick Plan
Lots of government officials have found ways to monetize public service in the private sector, but none more audaciously than the former head of the NSA.
Oversight
The Most Famous Whistleblowers on Why They Leaked
Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden on accountability in government.
Management
Why Intelligence Whistleblowers Can't Use Internal Channels
Too many are persecuted–and the wrongdoing that prompted them to speak out is too seldom addressed.
Defense
Daniel Ellsberg: Snowden Kept His Oath Better Than Anyone in the NSA
That sort of civic courage should inspire other Americans to follow suit, he said.
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