The current terrorist plots are not another 911 or suicide bombing in New York. They’re an agonizingly simple and effective…
Terrorism
Sunnis Laying Low in Iraq and Waiting for the Pullout
A changing of the guard, in the form of General Petraeus handing over the keys to General Odiermo, presages by…
Seven Years after 9-11, Time to Get over It
The annual national hysteria over the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon is in full cry.…
Border Security–Accepting the Fabric of Fear
–> We are not a fearful nation, nor (if we reject Michael Chertoff’s continuing effort to scare us to death)…
The Next Great Idea in the Bush Doctrine of Preemptive War
Along comes Walter Pincus, an able enough Washington Post staff writer to disabuse us of any intention by incumbent George…
Robert Gates, the Right Man at a Very Late Time in the Game
Bob Gates has done a great many things right in his brief tenure as Secretary of Defense. Not the least…
Hardened Suspects and Innocent Cab Drivers
Administration Strategy for Detention Now in Disarray By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 13, 2008; A01 In…
Torture Is Out–Coercing Is in
May 11, 2008 News Analysis Judge’s Guantánamo Ruling Bodes Ill for System By WILLIAM GLABERSON A decision by…
Adding Addington to the List of No-Shows
Panel Will Subpoena Assistant to Cheney By Carrie Johnson Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, May 7, 2008; A02 A House…
“Acquittals? We Have to Have Convictions”
From Chief Prosecutor To Critic at Guantanamo By Josh White Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 29, 2008; A01 GUANTANAMO…