Outside the Beltway

At a time of increased terrorist threat, look who is in charge of key departments.

Some criminologists have identified a new trend.

(More than) 12 Tomahawks a-bombing.

Blowing up boats because they might have drugs on them is not justifiable, legally or morally.

It is unusual and a problem.

Who needs due process when you have drones?

Terrorism in Colorado. Continued awful violence in Gaza.

Fomenting fear, not demonstrating leadership.

The right call but a logistical nightmare.

It’s not known if they’re related.

Has the calculus of either side changed?

Is Sinwar’s assassination an opening?

Another one bites the dust.

What we know a day later.

The Israeli military says they got their man after years of intelligence collection.

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

My thoughts on what we know now.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

Israeli forces recovered their bodies.

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

Another escalation in the longstanding “shadow war.”

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.

A bizarre statement by the head of the Roman Catholic church.