Ideas
The West Point Professor Who Contemplated a Coup
A controversial law professor resigns after calling his intellectual opponents treasonous, and perhaps exaggerating his credentials.
Ideas
Norfolk, Home To World’s Largest Naval Base, Must Adapt As Waters Rise
This port city is racing to figure out how to deal with harsher storms and elevated sea levels — and it's not alone.
Science & Tech
After Ferguson Unrest, St. Louis Police Bought Stink Weapons to Launch at Protesters
If the current situation escalates, protesters could be in for a horrible-smelling surprise.
Ideas
Where Are Pop Culture’s Women Warriors?
Hollywood leaves female troops off its made-up battlefields — and that matters to audiences and vets themselves.
Science & Tech
Senators Want Homeland Security To Be a Leading Cyber Defense Agency
After the hack on the Office of Personnel Management, a bipartisan group of lawmakers believes it's time to grant DHS power over government networks.
Threats
The Team That Chases Down Online Threats To The President
It’s easy to find angry words on Twitter and Facebook, but who should be punished and how much time should the U.S. spend doing so?
Policy
Corruption at US Border Security Could Undermine Entire System, Report Says
An internal report found the agency’s current investigations process 'chronically slow' and recommended a surge of nearly 350 new investigators.
Threats
Pentagon Building Cruise Missile Shield To Defend US Cities From Russia
The military moves to set up an expensive sensor-and-shooter network, but is the threat real?
Threats
How Not To Fix Airport Screening
A rush to add layers to airport security and screen more passengers will make the system less safe.
Threats
Here's What Happens To Spying With the Patriot Act Now Expired
Some key authorities may be dead for now, but the intelligence community has a number of weapons and workarounds still available.
Threats
Is US Foreign Policy Ignoring Homegrown Terrorists?
U.S. intelligence officials say the most likely terror threats facing American citizens come from 'home-grown' extremists. So why is it largely absent from debate in Washington?
Business
Obama Scales Back Military Equipment Sharing for Cops
After seeing how police responded to protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, the administration is changing the gear the Pentagon will share with local cops.
Policy
NSA Spying Heads to Critical Senate Showdown
After the House voted to end bulk collection of phone data, Sen. Mitch McConnell promised to force a vote next week to reauthorize it.
Science & Tech
What the End of Bulk Metadata Collection Would Mean for Intelligence Collection
Americans may not trust spies with their data. Will they trust spy machines?
Policy
Sen. Corker: NSA Should Do Far More with Your Phone Data
The NSA's bulk-data collection program is so scaled down that it's not nearly as effective as it should be, the Senate Foreign Relations chairman says.
Policy
While Ruling NSA Program Illegal, Appeals Court Suggests Path Forward
A recent federal appeals court ruling on the NSA's domestic surveillance program seems to be sending the political branches constitutional messages about how to proceed next.
Policy
Republicans Come Out In Force To Keep NSA's Domestic Surveillance Alive
Sen. Mitch McConnell and his fellow GOP security hawks are working hard to keep the spy agency’s phone dragnet. But they’re making some dubious claims in its defense.
Policy
Federal Appeals Court Rules NSA Spying Illegal
The phone data collection program 'exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized,' a federal judge ruled Thursday in New York.
Ideas
What Americans Don't Understand About Their Own Military
Reinstating the draft is hardly a realistic solution to bridging the military-civilian gap in the U.S. And here's why.
Science & Tech