Outside the Beltway

Just how serious was the leak that the Associated Press reported on last May?

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

The talking points prepared in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack were heavily edited at the request of the State Department.

Republicans looking to Benghazi for political ammunition are likely going to be disappointed.

The CIA unsuccessfully lobbied to put Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the eldest of the Boston Marathon bombers, on the counterterrorism watch list in 2011.

General Petreaus is now Dr. Petraeus and will be teaching a 1-1 load a the City University of New York.

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

The Boston Marathon bomber must be tried in a court of law.

A bipartisan commission of elder statesmen confirms what we’ve known for years.

A new report confirms that the United States did engage in torture in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

The GOP’s decision to filibuster the Senate Gun Control Bill doesn’t make a lot of political sense.

A Fox News reporter may go to jail for refusing to reveal a source. Should journalists have an absolute testimonial privilege?

Emily DePrang looks back at “‘Baghdad Bob’ and His Ridiculous, True Predictions.”

The CIA will soon be storing our nation’s most sensitive information with a private company.

All of us being watched, all the time, and that data being stored forever.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.

Do we ask too much of our leaders?

A theory on why Benghazi will not die as a political issue.

Here we go again.

The Obama Administration has given us a peek at its legal arguments for targeted killings and they are troubling to say the least.

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

Well. medium length anyway.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

People continue to spread conspiracy theories explaining the “real reason” that David Petraeus’s extra-marital affair became public.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

The David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story gets curiouser.

The scandal that led to P4’s downfall has many layers, none of them flattering to the most famous American general of his generation.

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.