“Michael Moore in TrumpLand” Might Have Been Illegal Before Citizens United — It’s All Incredibly Complex, And That’s One Problem with Our Campaign Finance Laws

What does Pearl Harbor have to do with the Bill of Rights? Everything.

The attack that led to the war that grew the National Security State

Justice Kennedy: The Once and Future Swing Vote

The biggest winner from the election may be Justice Anthony Kennedy. With Merrick Garland’s nomination to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat dead and President-elect Trump expected to nominate a conservative, Kennedy will almost certainly regain…

Hit Job: Congress Attacks Ed Snowden, Continues Ostrich-style “Oversight”

If you’re a current or former member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) or a current or former staff member of the same and you’ve decided to read this, I commend you. It…

Make public all Russian election hacking and influence op intel. Now.

Electoral College electors deserve all the facts before casting their votes

Don’t Sacrifice Privacy on the Altar of Convenience

Does Putin Control Trump?

The Buzzfeed document dump calls the question

Having spent nearly a decade evaluating and using various intelligence sources while working as a CIA military analyst in a previous life, it will probably come as no surprise that I…

Fear Beats Civil Liberties, Every Time

The Intelligence Community #Russianhacking Assessment : An Analysis

Executive Summary: While the report provides new and important details on the multifaceted Russian operation, its failure to include declassified primary source data for key claims ensures the controversy has not…

A Response to Hadley Beeman on the Encryption vs Security Debate

An oft-repeated canard offers only a dead-end