Outside the Beltway

Being A Useful Idiot Pays Well (Allegedly)

Matt Bernius · Thursday, September 5, 2024 · 17 comments

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

thinker statue facepalm

thinker statue facepalm

The Depressing State of American Politics

Steven L. Taylor · Wednesday, July 12, 2023 · 12 comments

Sigh.

Congress ‘Concerned’ About Military Retirees’ Foreign Employment

James Joyner · Tuesday, December 6, 2022 · 12 comments

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

Retired Flag Officers Cashing In As Foreign Agents

James Joyner · Tuesday, October 18, 2022 · 6 comments

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

John Allen, Illegal Lobbying, and Foreign Influence

James Joyner · Thursday, June 9, 2022 · 6 comments

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

Hunter Biden’s Laptop

James Joyner · Friday, March 18, 2022 · 47 comments

New evidence changes the story ever so slightly.

The Problematic Acting DNI

Steven L. Taylor · Sunday, February 23, 2020 · 15 comments

Only the best people.

Does Anything Change After the Manafort and Cohen Convictions?

James Joyner · Wednesday, August 22, 2018 · 84 comments

It’s not obvious that two more felons in the Trump inner circle will have any immediate impact.

Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Indicted

Doug Mataconis · Monday, October 30, 2017 · 44 comments

The first shoes drop in the Mueller investigation.