Ronald Reagan’s freedom agenda
Ronald Reagan was tough on totalitarians. On March 8, 1983 -- and to the chagrin of many of his advisors – he disparaged the Soviet Union as an...
Jane Harman
FISA Reform Is Vital to Stopping the Next Terror Plot, Not the Last One
Thanks to a testimonial error that National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is now undertaking to clarify, a confusing turn has been taken in the debate over reforming “FISA” --...
Op-eds
Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Interrogators
Co-Authored with Stephen F. Hayes Update: A press release from Pete Hoekstra's office indicates that the House bill has been pulled because of opposition to the pr...
Op-eds
Inconsistent Interrogation Tales
As the controversy continues over what and when Speaker Nancy Pelosi knew about the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation methods (EIM), there is a significant overlooked dimension to this Was...
Op-eds
Munich Memories
“Our enemies are little worms. I saw them at Munich.” That was Hitler’s appraisal of the leaders of Britain and France he hosted in the Bavarian capital in 1938. Britis...
Op-eds
9/11 Commission Day
A lack of seriousness, the chasm between frivolous campaign rhetoric and real-world governing, and the politicizing of our national security — the one subject always claimed to be above suc...
Op-eds
Speaker Pelosi’s Impending Intelligence Failure
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is in line to make history as the first female Speaker — and second in line of succession for the presidency — when the new Congress convenes in January....
Op-eds
It’s National Security, Stupid
There is no doubt that a wide variety of issues factor into the dynamics of this year's midterm elections. While the war in Iraq looms large, nationwide voters will decide dir...
Op-eds
How to ‘Connect the Dots’
Well, for one thing, you use surveillance.
Op-eds
De Soto for Nobel Prize
Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in the months of October and November. The selection of prizewinners starts in the early autumn of the preceding year, when the prize-awarding institutions invi...
Op-eds
Middle East Peace and Prosperity
President Franklin D. Roosevelt famously observed that, "It is useless to win a war, only to lose the peace." In Iraq, we not only must win the peace, failure is not an option. I was pleased to l...
Op-eds
The Dean Machine
It's come to this: Howard Dean will be the Democratic nominee for president in 2004. Today, the remaining Democratic candidates will be brainstorming furiously, trying to figure out...