ISIS Has Not Vanished. It Is Fighting a Guerrilla War Against the Iraqi State.
Iraqi security forces lack the training, local knowledge, and community trust to defeat the militants.
National Security
Pentagon Refuses to Disclose Identity of Foreign Country Contacted About Trump’s Military Parade
Emails from the Pentagon reveal redacted communications between Veterans Day Parade planners and an unknown foreign government.
Making a Killing
Here's Mike Pompeo's Memo Justifying U.S. Assistance to Saudi Arabia and the UAE's War in Yemen
A law passed by Congress requires the U.S. to certify that the Gulf coalition is working to minimize civilian casualties in Yemen.
The U.S. Goes to War Against the ICC to Cover Up Alleged War Crimes in Afghanistan
John Bolton is on a jihad against the ICC, seeking to ensure that the U.S. is free of international norms on human rights.
Election Insecurity
Are We Making Elections Less Secure Just to Save Time?
Technologies like Wi-Fi that help deliver lightning-quick election results to a ravenous public can make voting infrastructure more vulnerable to hackers.
The Man Behind the Barcelona Attacks Was on Police Radar for Years. How Did They Let It Happen?
A year after the attack on Las Ramblas, the unfolding story of Abdelbaki Es Satty points more to a failure of the police than of the community he hid among.
Election Insecurity
The Government's Argument That Reality Winner Harmed National Security Doesn't Hold Up. Here's Why.
The Justice Department now acknowledges that Russian hackers knew the U.S. was onto them months before the Winner leak.
Election Insecurity
Statement on the Sentencing of Whistleblower Reality Winner for Disclosing NSA Report on Russian Election Hacking
Reality Winner’s courage and sacrifice for the good of her country should be honored, not punished.
The U.S. Is Building a Drone Base in Niger That Will Cost More Than $280 Million by 2024
The Pentagon disclosed that in addition to the base’s $100 million construction cost in Agadez, more than $30 million a year will be spent to operate it.
Snowden Archive
328 NSA Documents Reveal “Vast Network” of Iranian Agents, Details of a Key Intelligence Coup, and a Fervor for Voice-Matching Technology
Highlights from the seventh release of the internal NSA newsletter, SIDtoday.