Supreme Court Rules That the U.S. Government Must Get a Warrant Before Accessing Cellphone Location Data
The justices agreed that the law has failed to keep pace with the amount of intrusive data we voluntarily hand over to private companies.
National Security
Drone Wars
The U.S. Has Conducted 550 Drone Strikes in Libya Since 2011 — More Than in Somalia, Yemen, or Pakistan
Libya has served as a laboratory for new drone warfare tactics.
Election Insecurity
State Election Officials Didn’t Know About Russian Hacking Threat Until They Read It in the News, Emails Show
The officials were unaware that Russia was trying to infiltrate their voting systems until months after the elections took place.
Making a Killing
The U.S. Is Exacerbating the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis by Outsourcing Its Yemen Policy
The attack on Hodeidah is seen as a failure by the U.S. to restrain its coalition partners, who depend on American weapons, intelligence, and logistics.
Federal “Countering Violent Extremism” Grants Focus on Minority Communities — Including in Schools
The Brennan Center for Justice examines “CVE” grants focusing on minority communities, which critics say are just a new approach to surveillance.
Who Cares What Trump “Gives” North Korea at the Summit? What Matters Is Preventing Him From Starting a Nuclear War.
We should all pray that Tuesday is the beginning of long, drawn-out negotiations — whether extremely successful or empty and fruitless.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
Camp America Comes Home: Debi Cornwall’s Photos Capture the Eerie Aftermath of Guantánamo
The lawyer-turned-photographer shows life on the periphery of the prison camp — and the former detainees that carry its scars with them.
The War on Immigrants
She Was Kidnapped by Guerrillas and Forced to Work. That Qualifies as Material Support for Terrorism, According to Immigration Ruling
The broad application of material support in an immigration case echoes the way that the law has long been used and abused in U.S. District Courts.
Voices
Donald Trump's Surveillance of New York Times Reporter Is a True Declaration of War Against the Press
This leak case seems designed to dissuade aggressive reporters from continuing to dig into the Trump-Russia story.
Reality Winner Has Been in Jail for a Year. Her Prosecution Is Unfair and Unprecedented.
Winner is accused of leaking a classified NSA document that helped alert Americans to Russian hacking attacks against the U.S. voting system.