The massive protests against Trump's travel ban were the first signs of something going terribly wrong in America, like a body jerking when a foreign substance is injected into its veins.
Four State Department officials who quit in protest in the 1990s advise others to use the powers of the bureaucracy to thwart unwise policies.
Overshadowed by the commutation of Chelsea Manning's sentence, Obama's pardon of Marine Gen. James Cartwright could undermine future leak cases.
Obama may not have the courage to pardon Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning, but he could at least exonerate Stephen Kim, Jeffrey Sterling, Thomas Drake, and John Kiriakou.
Snowden Archive
Hunting human targets who used Tor, redirecting internet traffic from entire countries — these were among the "ridiculously cool" projects undertaken by an NSA hacker who spoke with <em>The Intercept</em>.
An internal website was surprisingly forthcoming about NSA activities.
By using the Espionage Act against journalists and officials who leak to them, Obama has created a precedent for the next president to do more damage.
The trial and conviction of the wartime leader of Bosnia’s Serbs has shown that in some cases, even in our imperial age, the impossible can be accomplished.
Michael Bay's new film about the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Libya avoids the problematic role of private military contractors in the post-9/11 wars.
A plot twist poses a dilemma: If a government official leaks secret files in the public interest, should he be prosecuted or congratulated?
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