A recent cluster of stories – on al Qaeda’s growth, dispersion, and resilience, on the USG’s increased use of surveillance drones outside of “hot war zones,” on the USG possibly 

Really stunning. Hat tip: Albert Lukban

Today, the Brookings Institution released a lengthy paper my colleague Daniel Byman and I have been working on for some time, entitled "Tools and Tradeoffs: Confronting U.S. Citizen Terrorist Suspects Ab...

In his widely discussed May 23 speech at the National Defense University, President Obama acknowledged that “much of the criticism about drone strikes---at home and abroad---understandably centers on rep...

Earlier this year I started an episodic feature on new technology and how it might impact national security.  My first offering was on a life logging system known as Memoto.  At the time, I noted some in...

Despite the day (TGIF!), the weather (95 degrees and rising), and other developing national security news, the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse security checkpoint was brimming with people primed to hear ...

Tomorrow morning, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will hear arguments on the government's motion to dismiss in Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta. The lawsuit was filed l...

The Senate Commerce Committee recently began circulating a staff discussion draft of cybersecurity legislation.

Today's New York Times, brings a rich article by Nicole Perlroth and David Sanger on the growing market in zero-day exploits.  Zero-day exploits are previously unknown flaws in computer programming that ...

Crafted with his characteristic mix of brilliance and dark speculations about the motives of government actors, Stephen Holmes, my colleague, has published an exceptionally rich essay in the Financial Ti...

You've probable already heard the news. But here's the video: From NBS News: The X-47B drone made history Wednesday as the first robot to land itself on the moving flight deck of an aircraft carrier at...

A friend of mine at the Homeland Security Institute recently called my attention to this fascinating article in the Atlantic.  The article reveals nascent plans by CBP and the Border Patrol to equip dome...