Defense
Fort Hood Shooter Gets Death Penalty He Allegedly Sought
Maj. Nidal Hasan could be the first American soldier executed since 1961.
Oversight
How Syria, a Hurricane, or Ben Bernanke Could Move the Debt Ceiling Deadline
Four possible paths to an early default.
Defense
Bradley Manning's Sentence Doesn't Mean His Story Is Going Away
Manning has a large support base calling for his release.
Defense
It's Not Just Federal Prisons: State Prisons Are a Mess, Too
Eric Holder's points on the cost of the U.S. criminal justice hold true at the state level, too.
Tech
Obama: 'America Is Not Interested in Spying on Ordinary People'
The president announced major potential changes coming to the NSA.
Oversight
Call It the Bureau of Corrections Instead of the Bureau of Prisons, Lawmakers Say
U.S. prisons are a mess. A bipartisan task force is working on the problem.
Management
Oprah Is Getting a Presidential Medal of Freedom
So is Bill Clinton. And, posthumously, Sally Ride and Daniel Inouye.
Defense
Joint Chiefs Chairman: 'There Is a Significant Threat Stream'
With terrorist threat warnings swirling, Martin Dempsey and others took to TV to clarify the danger.
Defense
Edward Snowden Has Left the Airport
The NSA leaker has reportedly been granted a one-year asylum in Russia.
Oversight
Analysis: Senator Julian Assange, Care of Edward Snowden
WikiLeaks head running for Australian Senate seat from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
Defense
One Month Later, Edward Snowden Is Finally Leaving the Airport. Now What?
It's unclear how the NSA leaker would get to any of the countries that have offered him asylum.
Oversight
The Cheney Dynasty Rises
Liz Cheney, daughter of the former vice president, has announced she will challenge Sen. Mike Enzi in a Wyoming Republican primary.
Oversight
The U.S. Senate Just Lost Half of Its Black Senators
Although more then 13 percent of the U.S. population is black, only 1 percent of the Senate is.
Oversight
Who Is Rand Paul? Google Rand Paul.
People don't know much about Paul. That may be reason to take him seriously in 2016.
Defense
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Is Resigning
Arizona's former governor will head the University of California system.
Defense
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Pleads Not Guilty to Boston Attacks
Other high-profile crime suspects, including the Fort Hood shooting suspect, have made the same plea recently.
Pay & Benefits
Highest- and Lowest-Paid Governors in America Both Have a Knack for Scandal
What does $175,000 buy you in a governor? A whole lot of disapproval.
Oversight
In Rare Interview, Cheney Champions NSA Surveillance
But he doesn't quite throw his support to President Obama.
Oversight
Al Gore: NSA Surveillance 'Violates the Constitution'
Former vice president pushes President Obama and Congress to revisit the laws underlying the program.
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