Outside the Beltway

How old is too old for the most powerful job on the planet?

Ethics and masked law enforcement.

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

A few more details have emerged.

A potentially costly rebrand and strange bedfellows.

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

An Air Force colonel spread misinformation to hide the stealth program.

The 88-year-old Bishop of Rome has died.

Legions of unpaid drones . . . ? . . . budget cuts.

The courts would likely allow restricting a Chinese data mining operation popular with American teenagers.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

A legal defense without merit.

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

The Pentagon Papers guy laments that there are too few like him.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

Why have Americans lost trust in their institutions?

Because I really do need to close some of these tabs.

Both sides have had their say and now we wait for a ruling.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

The court wisely deferred to Congress in setting its own rules.

This time: some multi-party examples.

The postmortems are well underway.