Defense

Pentagon Preparing Two Budget Plans for Fiscal 2014

Sequestration cuts are ‘embarrassing,’ could require sharp workforce reductions, official says.

Defense

Retirement Cuts Offset Health Care Spending Increases in Defense Bill

Extension of TRICARE Prime would increase costs, while eliminating back pay to some retirees would reduce them.

Defense

Military Commanders Retain Powers in Sexual Assault Cases

Senate Armed Services Committee chair Carl Levin killed the proposal.

Nextgov

Analysis: Government’s Vast Lockers of Data Threaten Basic Individual Freedoms

Freedom is a joke when a life's history resides forever in a vast database.

Defense

The Army's Weapon of Mass Deliciousness

D.C. bakery gives away cupcakes to celebrate the service's birthday.

Defense

Has Sequestration Hit Defense Contractors Hard Enough?

Senator wants to know if federal civilians are shouldering too much of the burden.

Tech

Bill Would Help Federal Firefighters Get Career Jobs

Western Democrats back measure to permanently hire seasonal firefighters.

Defense

Edward Snowden and the Magical World of Security Clearances

Washington runs on security clearances, with more than 4.2 million people holding them by 2011.

Oversight

Congress Ineffectively Oversees National Security, Insiders Say

Only one-fourth in a National Journal survey felt lawmakers were effective checks.

Defense

Next Move China—Will Hong Kong (or Beijing) Refuse to Extradite the NSA Leaker?

Edward Snowden’s reasons for choosing Hong Kong may have included its determination to stand up for freedom of expression.

Defense

What Little We Know About the NSA Leaker

Profiles describe Snowden as being fully aware of the risks he took, both in revealing the data and in coming forward.

Defense

Why Edward Snowden Leaked the Secret NSA Information

Snowden says he cannot 'allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties.'

Defense

The Surveillance State: How We Got Here

NSA’s tracking programs were pushed by the Senate, House and executive branch after 9/11.

Defense

Intelligence Chief: I Didn't Lie About NSA Surveillance

In interview with National Journal, Clapper says he didn't intend to mislead.

Defense

Susan Rice and Samantha Power: Less Change Than Meets the Eye

Obama's new national security adviser, U.N. ambassador aren't as controversial as you think.