Our research reveals common traits that thwarted municipal efforts to establish local civilian control over law enforcement surveillance.

The secretary of state has accidentally shed light on the burdensome restrictions that the State Department puts on its overseas employees and their families.

These procedures show promise as a complement to judicial oversight, but cities could do more to stop vendors from shielding surveillance tools from scrutiny.

Brad Wiegmann’s removal as head of the National Security Division’s policy office is a major loss for the Department of Justice.

The pandemic has slowed global travel significantly. But a few determined individuals show that the terrorism threat posed by American foreign fighters remains strong.

More and more Americans agree that policing needs rethinking. Picking new police performance metrics would be a good first step.

The same arguments used to defend Michael Flynn could be used against the prosecution of FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith. Yet Flynn’s supporters have remained silent.

COVID-19 has exposed the underlying fault lines in societies around the world. Yet by revealing long ignored flaws, it presents a rare chance to reform.

New documents shed light on how the intelligence and analysis unit at DHS was unleashed.

Who is running the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today? Nobody really seems to know.

Reports that the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has gathered intelligence on journalists are troubling—especially because the office, properly run, has a vital role...

New documents from DHS’s intelligence and analysis unit show how the office marginalized civil rights and civil liberties review of intelligence products.