Business
Obama's Plan to Rein In NSA Phone Sweeps
The president plans to limit the NSA's most controversial program. Will it be enough to calm privacy fears? By Brendan Sasso
Business
Military Pension Fight Rages On
The omnibus spending bill would repeal cuts to military pensions for some working-age retirees. The fight for a full repeal, however, goes on. By Eric Katz
Business
Drug Probe Leads to Cheating Scandal at Air Force Nuclear Missile Base
The Air Force is investigating 34 officers in a massive cheating scandal at a nuclear missile base in Montana. By Jordain Carney
Business
Spending Bill Boosts Nuclear Warhead Funding by Nearly $1 Billion
The omnibus spending bill provides $7.8 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration work on the nuclear arsenal. By Rachel Oswald
Business
Air Force Warns Against Further Cuts to Readiness
Congress wants to protect cuts to military benefits and that has Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning worried about further cuts to readiness. By Sara Sorcher
Science & Tech
It's Becoming Too Expensive for the Military to Go Into Space
DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar says the national security community is facing a crisis caused by the spiraling cost of sending military assets into orbit. By Kedar Pavgi
Business
A Free Society Cannot Escape All Terrorism
An NSA official illustrates the totalitarian temptation in bureaucracies charged with stopping 100 percent of attacks. By Conor Friedersdorf
Business
Former Pentagon Deputy Beth McGrath Joins Deloitte
The Pentagon's former deputy chief management officer Beth McGrath is joining Deliotte Consulting. By Charles S. Clark
Threats
Congress: Terrorists Changing Tactics Because of NSA Leaks
A classified report to Congress reveals that terrorists are changing their patterns based on information from Edward Snowden's leaks. By Jordain Carney
Business
Gates, Obama and the Use of Military Force in the Middle East
Bob Gates’ new memoir illuminates a fundamental, post-Iraq and Afghanistan change in how Americans view the use of military force. By David Rohde
Policy
In Congress, Military Benefits Are Still Sacred
Several members of Congress have proposed bills to repeal the cuts - a strong signal that military benefits are likely to remain virtually untouchable in the near future. By Sara Sorcher
Business
Gates’ Love-Hate Relationship with Bureaucracy
“Up close, Congress is truly ugly,” former Defense Secretary Bob Gates writes in his new memoir. By Tom Shoop
Business
Odierno: We Left Iraq in Good Shape
The former Iraq war commander criticizes ‘Monday morning quarterbacks,’ saying the U.S. military left Iraq in a position to succeed, but now is ‘not the time’ to send U.S. troops back. By Stephanie Gaskell
Business
The Day Bob Gates Almost Quit
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates praises and criticizes Obama, while revealing a deep exasperation for national security politics. By Kevin Baron
Business
U.S. Will Start Cutting Its Submarine Missile Launchers Next Year
The New START treaty requires the U.S. and Russia to reduce their stockpiles and long-range delivery vehicles by 2018. By Rachel Oswald
Business
The NSA's Surveillance Programs Aren't Making Us Any Safer
Simple legal tweaks won't stop an agency that has run amok. It'll take much more to make Americans more secure. By Bruce Schneier
Policy
It's Time to Cut Military Health and Pension Benefits
In a new poll, a majority of defense and national security experts say it's time to cut military health and pension benefits. By Sara Sorcher
Business
How Sequestration Weakened the Defense Lobby
Warnings that sequestration would be Armageddon for the defense industry only hurt its credibility. By Sara Sorcher
Business
The Case for Female SEALs
The military's gender integration problem is about cultural, not physical, barriers. Here's why they should start at the top, with special operations forces. By Elliot Ackerman
Business