Outside the Beltway

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

President Biden has again made history.

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?

A simple typo misdirected millions of emails intended for the US military.

The taxpayers shelled out nearly $1 million for . . . something.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

Should the government need a warrant to get information it can buy on the open market?

When a go-to “nonpartisan” defender breaks rank does that change your opinion?

Separating rhetoric from action.

We’re in uncharted waters.

The US intelligence community and Silicon Valley are warning of a major threat.

Do we have to pick one?

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

The “We Were Soldiers Once” author and his wife have been honored.

A shameful ‘bureaucratic error.”

As widely expected, Air Force Chief of Staff Charles “CQ” Brown will become the nation’s top military officer.

The personnel bureaucracy reinterpreted regulations.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

You’re not helping, Mr. President.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

Russia is circulating doctored versions of plans for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

It’s taken more than two years to undo a silly, petty decision.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

It’s probably not strange visitors from outer space but we can’t rule it out.

Another bill doomed to die.

Playing two-level games.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

A free panel on how transparent social media platforms should be about government requests

The Biden administration is slowly ratcheting up the aid package.

The Marine and Air Force chiefs appear to be the top candidates.

One of these is not like the other.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

The Army has done the right thing the wrong way.

United States and People’s Republic of China forces are playing a dangerous game.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

A truly bizarre vote.

Shockingly, the Defense Department doesn’t keep up with former employees.

My latest publication.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

They’re hitting civilian targets partly because they can’t hit military ones.