Pushing Out the Border: How the U.S. Is Waging a Global War on Migration
Journalist Todd Miller’s new book “Empire of Borders” tracks the way the U.S. has exported technology and training around the world.
National Security
Candidates, Your Views on the Middle East? You Have 30 Seconds.
Asking a presidential candidate for a soundbite on Iran is a disaster for democracy.
Trump's Pick for Top Intelligence Job Bragged of Experience as Terror Prosecutor -- But He Doesn't Have Any
Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe has long exaggerated his role in the Holy Land prosecution as a way of bolstering his national security bona fides.
Voices
Mike Pompeo Is Donald Trump's De Facto Intelligence Czar
The secretary of state is supposed to be a customer of the intelligence community, not its master.
Violence Has Spiked in Africa Since the Military Founded AFRICOM, Pentagon Study Finds
Despite a sharp increase in U.S. military operations, militant Islamist activity there has doubled on the continent since 2012.
A Syrian Mother's Letter to Her Daughter, "For Sama" Shows War in an Unusually Intimate Light
Filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab wanted to document the war so her newborn child could “understand what we were fighting for.”
We Tested Europe's New Lie Detector for Travelers — and Immediately Triggered a False Positive
4.5 million euros have been pumped into the virtual policeman project meant to judge the honesty of travelers. An expert calls the technology “not credible.”
Voices
Congress and the Press Should Pick Up Where Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Left Off
The anticlimactic end of the Trump-Russia investigation is partly due to decades of bitter political battles over what powers to grant special prosecutors.
Key Moments From Robert Mueller's Congressional Testimony
Updates and video highlights from the testimony of Robert Mueller, the former special counsel, to the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee.
Citing Intense Public Interest, Judge Unseals Files in Case of Trump Associate Felix Sater
The decision came after The Intercept sought access to the filings, some of which have remained under seal for two decades.