The agency is so harmful to civil rights, there’s a good argument it should be disbanded altogether. Unfortunately they are only becoming more emboldened

Those itching for conflict like to portray Putin as a grandmaster. In reality, his country is weak and his strategy is one of desperation

The obituaries that were written in haste when Donald Trump took over were naive. The past few weeks make that abundantly clear

Establishment Democrats want him to stop criticizing Clinton, they want him to lay off the party, they want him to drop out. Here’s why they’re utterly wrong

The president has reached the dubious milestone of being at war longer than any of his predecessors. And the conflicts aren’t ending anytime soon

The Senate commerce committee’s inquiry into Facebook’s editorial decisions is a threat to their first amendment rights

The US is helping Yemen fight a conflict that its ongoing support of Saudi Arabia helped cause. Yet there’s little public disclosure or debate

The Republican frontrunner has flip-flopped, sometimes multiple times, on every position he’s articulated this campaign season

Hillary Clinton tends to be in favor of military engagement, and Donald Trump’s speech expresses parallel sentiments

We weren’t supposed to have boots on the ground in Syria. There’s no telling where or when this will end

The war was one of the worst foreign policy decisions ever, and its repercussions are still felt. So why do so many claim Bernie is harping on old news?

When Obama says he’s ‘reduced the number and role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy’, he’s referring to a drop in the ocean

The San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone was allegedly unlocked by an ‘outside party’, making that case moot. But many others are going forward

The lead-up to war in 2003 was filled with spin and misinformation. But today, we aren’t even having the semblance of a debate about military intervention

Attempts to undermine iPhone encryption backfired spectacularly. Businesses, the intelligence community, and ordinary people have united to say ‘no’

Libya, Yemen, drones and more: why are presidential hopefuls being let off the hook on these critical challenges?

New documents show that the executive branch actively opposed bipartisan legislation that would modernize freedom of information for the digital age

It’s bad enough that Obama entrenched the illiberal powers of George W Bush. Think what would happen if a man who has praised torture gets hold of them

It took a while, but FBI director Jim Comey got the grilling he deserves in the Apple v FBI case

President Obama wants to close Guantánamo. But unless he ends the policy of indefinite detention, it’s shameful spirit will live on