Outside the Beltway

WaPo’s Emily Wax-Thibodeaux reports that, “At CIA Starbucks, even the baristas are covert.”

The Khorasan Group is, functionally, al Qaeda. Or is it?

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

Politics, the law, culture, and a very old language collide.

Trending on Twitter this morning is a collection of infographics compiled by Ezra Klein under the heading “22 maps and charts that will surprise you.”

When I saw the entry at memeorandum proclaiming that “Wikipedia Is Now Trying To Eliminate The Federalist’s Online Entry,” I was flummoxed.

Danny Sullivan reflects on the end of another era.

A fired Oklahoma worker beheaded a woman and was attacking another when he was shot. Workplace violence? Or terrorism.

The TSA is up to its usual shenanigans.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

Only one man can say that he has both recorded a jazz album with Lady Gaga and liberated a Nazi death camp.

The Ezra Klein-less Wonkblog makes us feel good about our drinking habits.

A strong rebound for the economy from the downturn at the start of the year.

There is apparently such a thing as too Jewish.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

Americans have long been lampooned for not speaking a second language. Now our cousins across the Pond are getting it, too.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

The Administration’s policy in the President’s war against ISIS has no coherent plan, and that virtually guarantees escalation.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

The Worldwide Leader has a conflict of interest. But it handled it correctly in this case.

Freedom Of The Press, if you can afford to pay the fee.

Before leaving office, Hamid Karzai is once again biting that hand that has fed him for the past decade.

Once again, Justice Ginsburg is telling people she has no plans to resign, but her explanation is a bit different this time.

The former Virginia Senator is talking about running for President.

The war against ISIS continues to silently escalate, with little input from the people’s representatives in Congress.

As we head into a new conflict, perhaps we ought to give more thought to fiscal issues than the President is to overall strategy.

The sixth year of a presidency leads to some predictable commentary (and some comparative notes).

While the world pays attention to Syria and Iraq, Yemen is once against lurching into chaos.

President Obama has opened a new front in his “war” against ISIS

A majority of Americans don’t care very much who controls Congress.

Jess Zimmerman offers “An ingenious way to save the comments section,” if she does say so herself.

A member of FIFA’s inner circle says Qatar won’t be hosting the 2022 World Cup after all.