Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Pulling Them In

How can the next president keep the intelligence community vital?

Defense

Officials worry about safety of financial data

Computer hackers could cause additional economic turmoil by spreading false information.

Defense

Surveillance powers unlikely to change with new president

There’s little reason to believe McCain or Obama would roll back the intelligence gathering authorities now in place.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Set in Stone

As the Bush era winds down, spy masters leave their mark.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Ghosts of Iran

Is a covert policy in Iran doomed to fail?

Oversight

FAA system failure grounds hundreds of flights

Agency says software problem appears to be the cause.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Tight-Lipped

In the fog of cyberspace, there is no security in silence.

Defense

National security observers explain FISA ins and outs

The government's new surveillance law is a dense patchwork of new authorities that has puzzled even those most familiar with it.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Mike on Mike

The “silent” DNI is not afraid to talk about himself.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Fusion Friction

Technology cannot change culture—a lesson we still haven’t learned.

Defense

Chinese hackers pose serious danger to U.S. computer networks

Hackers may be responsible for two major U.S. power blackouts.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Reconcilable Differences

A little disagreement is a good thing.

Tech

Roots of surveillance standoff go back decades

Today's fights over government surveillance of the communications network go back much further than the Sept. 11 attacks.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Keeping Secrets

What the intelligence estimate on Iran reveals—about Iran and intelligence.

Defense

Homeland Security chief looks back, and forward

Department's biggest challenge is keeping country positioned "between hysteria and complacency" on security, secretary says.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Seismic Shudder

The overlooked legacy of Donald Rumsfeld.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT:Intelligence File Mad as Hell

What Mike Scheuer says may shock you.

Defense

ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File The Patriot Principle

Is helping the government hunt terrorists a civic duty or a business decision?

Intelligence File

Spy Management 2.0

Rather than control private agents, why not act like them?

Intelligence File

Principle and Peril

In his brief government career, Jack Goldsmith walked a precarious yet well-worn path.