Outside the Beltway

The iconic football program built by the legendary Eddie Robinson, is now a sad disgrace.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

Raymond Pritchett longs for the good old days of Tom Donilan, Hillary Clinton, and Leon Panetta.

Everyone knew the Fukushima disaster was bad. We likely underestimated how bad.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.

CNN reports that CIA is going to great lengths to keep operatives from talking about what happened at Benghazi.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

Once again, a Federal Court rules that the First Amendment rules does not protect a reporter from being compelled to reveal sources or the results of an investigation.

The blowback from yesterday’s revelations about U.S. surveillance on European allies continues.

The latest NSA leaks are likely to prove to be diplomatically embarrassing.

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

President Obama’s poll numbers seem to be suffering under the weight of nearly two months of scandals and/ media attention.

Did President Obama’s comments about taking a tough stand on military sexual assault constitute “undue influence” on specific cases? One military judge says that they did.

Outrage over leaks like those that Edward Snowden makes doesn’t exist when its politicians doing the leaking.

One Congressman thinks it would be a good idea to treat journalists as criminals.

The Administration has accepted reality in its fight against a ruling that made the “morning after” pill available regardless of age.

Meet Edward Snowden, the 29 year old CIA/NSA contractor who has confessed to leaking the details of the NSA’s data mining projects.

Contrary to President Obama’s assertion today, the NSA’s operations don’t have proper legislative or judicial oversight.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

Republicans should reject the calls to call for a Special Prosecutor to investigate the unfolding scandals in Washington.

Should bloggers be treated the same as “journalists” for the purpose of the protections granted by media shield laws?

The Obama Administration’s aggressive pursuit of leaks is threatening freedom of the press.

The GOP’s latest investigatory crusade could end up backfiring on them.

Senior DOJ officials from the previous three administrations back the Obama DOJ’s controversial subpoenaing of AP conversations.

After many attempts to manufacture grand scandals out of very little, Republicans may finally have a legitimate outrage on their hands.

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

President Obama faces some perilous times ahead now that his Administration is under fire.

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

A former Navy SEAL charges that Blackwater snipers killed American citizens in New Orleans during Katrina’s aftermath.

My first piece for the New York Daily News, “A Drone Strike on Democracy,” has posted.

Chamake Mauriene reveals America’s secret to world domination in Pravda.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

A news report today provides an excellent lesson in why all the rushing to judgment in the Martin/Zimmerman case is a mistake.

At least some of Mitt Romney”s investment money sits in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. Does it matter?