This interesting article on the NYPD's use of data analytics came across my desk the other day.  Here is the abstract: The New York City Police Department’s Lower Manhattan Security Coordination Center i...

Next Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the D.C.

Last week, a harsh new set of Iran sanctions legislation sailed through the Senate foreign relations committee by a vote of 18-4. The legislation, written and introduced by Senators Mark Kirk and Robert ...

That question has taken on new significance after the Paris terrorist attacks, which have stoked fears that militants in Europe might exploit the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)—under which citizens of 38 coun...

On January 5, Dominic Ongwen, senior commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, was captured by Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR). Subsequently, the rebels transferred Ongwen to the US mi...

In recent days, the White House has unleashed a full-court press seeking to block a skeptical Congress from passing further Iran sanctions.

Both Steve Vladeck and Raha Wala have penned responses to my post of last week complaining of the quality of the "Close Guantanamo" debate. I will react very briefly to each. I am, I confess, not sure h...

Ben bemoans the state our nation’s current debate over Guantanamo as “terrible,” observing that “the arguments about Guantanamo are nearly all wrong, disingenuous, irrelevant, or just plain dumb.”  It’s ...

On June 26, 2014, the BBC reported that North Korea threatened war against the United States if a Sony-produced movie (“The Interview”) was released. On November 24, 2014, Sony Pictures Entertainment was...