Sen. Paul Statement on Domestic Drone Use, Targeted Killings
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul released the following statement following erroneous reports of a change in his position on the use of domestic drones. “My comments last night left the mistaken...
View ArticleThe Goal Is Freedom: Government Should Stop Its Own Violence First
The horrific bombings at the Boston Marathon have left us all stunned. We still don’t know the perpetrators’ motive, but there are some things we do know. The bombers chose the most closely monitored...
View ArticleIs your 15-year-old son a terrorist?
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You arrive at the airport to fly home from your family vacation, and something goes wrong — terribly wrong — at the TSA screening area. It happened to Susan Bruce...
View ArticleUS drone strikes being used as alternative to Guantánamo, lawyer says
The lawyer who first drew up White House policy on lethal drone strikes has accused the Obama administration of overusing them because of its reluctance to capture prisoners that would otherwise have...
View ArticleThe Goal Is Freedom: Liberty, Security, and Terrorism
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It would be nice if Benjamin Franklin’s famous aphorism were as widely believed as...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of the TSA?
Today’s tale of TSA inefficiency comes from the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, NY. “This station has at least six entrances,” says Jeff, one of my readers who witnessed the spectacle. “But...
View ArticleSummer road hazards your government won’t warn you about
With the frenetic summer travel season just around the corner, here’s a little warning about a road hazard you might not expect: a checkpoint staffed by Transportation Security Administration workers....
View ArticleBullet blitz: Demand from public, government leaves ammo shelves empty
Steve Warholic spends nearly his entire workday at a Nevada ammunition store scouring the Internet, and the owner puts in even more time online. Both think they need to spend more time on the web....
View ArticleIt’s time to tell the TSA what you really think of it – and for it to listen
Travelers love to complain about the TSA, and even though the agency assigned to protect America’s transportation systems claims to listen, most of us know better. Don’t believe me? Try sending the...
View ArticleSen. Graham ‘Glad’ for Government Phone Surveillance
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, said Thursday morning he’s “glad” the National Security Agency is secretly collecting millions of telephone records from Americans in an effort to track down terrorist...
View ArticleJoint Chiefs of Staff chairman confirms U.S. plans to intervene in Syria
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the Obama administration is planning for the use of military force in Syria. Dempsey revealed this during questioning by...
View ArticleTSA misconduct increased 26% between 2010-2012, claims government report
A new report from the Government Accountability Office, published online on Wednesday, reveals that misconduct among agents of the Transportation Security Administration has increased 26 percent...
View ArticleWaPo: NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds
The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an...
View ArticleChemical weapon attack allegedly launched in Syria
Up to 1,300 people are dead in what’s believed to have been a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar before dawn on Wednesday morning, members of the Syrian...
View ArticleU.S. Travel Warning: Al Qaeda-Affiliated Syrian Rebels Have ‘Claimed Nearly...
While President Barack Obama is now asking Congress to authorize him to use military force against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad because that regime used chemical weapons on its own people, the...
View ArticleSyria attack authorization may allow for boots on the ground
In a post for the blog Lawfare on Sunday, Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith, who teaches national security law and is an expert in presidential power, wrote that the Authorization for Use of...
View ArticleSen. Paul Statement on Foreign Relations Committee Meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee today held a committee business meeting to address the potential authorization of use of military force in Syria and proceeded to discharge...
View ArticleYield no more freedom
This was the column I wrote the day after 9/11 that launched my recently concluded op/ed career. It has its flaws, but in light of the references to the NSA and even Syria, it is a fairly prescient...
View ArticleNeither Unilateralism Nor Internationalism: Against Obama and Putin
The foreign policy of the United States is in complete and utter shambles. It is a disgrace to the world, it is a disgrace to the American people, and it is a disgrace to the very principles of...
View ArticlePatience with TSA is just about up
Let’s give the Transportation Security Administration one last chance. After the release of a Government Accountability Office report that revealed widespread TSA employee misconduct, including...
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