National Reconnaissance Office
Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense is costly, ambitious — and necessary
President Donald Trump this week took important steps to advance his “Golden Dome” missile-defense system — and not a moment too soon. For years, administrations of both parties...
Op-eds
In SOTU, National Security Gets Short Shrift
And what we find deserves some examination. For example: And it is American diplomacy, backed by pressure, that has halted the progress of Iran’s nuclear...
Op-eds
Israel’s Pillar of Self-Defense
Early this Wednesday morning, Israel responded to Hamas’s ongoing attacks, in which the terrorist group has launched over 100 rockets into southern Israeli cities since Saturday. A surgical...
Op-eds
Stay Out of Syria
A response to Clifford D. May.
Op-eds
Romney’s Syria Problem
His support for “opposition groups” is misplaced.
Op-eds
Obama Recruits Qaradawi
The administration is working with a Muslim Brotherhood jurist.
Op-eds
Islam or Islamist?
Islam or Islamist? That is the question. Is the term “Islamist” a politically correct fabrication to dodge the inconvenient truth that Islam itself is inhere...
Op-eds
War-Power Paranoia
Zero. If you’re keeping score, that would be the number of American citizens assassinated so far by President Obama. Oddly enough, it turns out to be the same number of our countrymen kille...
Op-eds
Of Mafiosi and Mullahs
Intelligence is how you take down organized crime and organized terror.
Op-eds
Long, Hot Arab Summer
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Commentary on the Arab Spring is much like the famous parable of the blind men learning about an elephant by touching it: Most observers glimpse...
Op-eds
The Obama Administration Opens Formal Contacts With the Muslim Brotherhood
Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Besides explaining what the Muslim Brotherhood is and has always been, the major point of The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the West Sabotage America was to...
Op-eds
Surprise! The Times Attacks the Messenger
Linda Greenhouse is conflicted, so obviously the problem is Ed Whelan.
Op-eds
Let’s Have a FISA Fight
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: Three cheers for Chris Dodd! With his bid for the Democrats’ presidential nomination canceled for lack of interest, Connecticu...
Op-eds
Don’t Give In on FISA Reform, Mr. President
No more delays.
Op-eds
The End of the Waterboarding Controversy?
Mukasey's letter to the Judiciary Committee should be the last word.
Op-eds
McCain Estrangement Syndrome
Are John McCain’s supporters trying to drive conservatives away from their candidate? Senator McCain is the inevitable Republican presidential nominee. He is headed, though, for a...
Op-eds
The 9/11 Six: An Opportunity for Senator McCain
Whether capital military commissions really happen will be decided in November.
Op-eds
FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill
The Senate bill is bipartisan -- and that's nothing to celebrate.
Op-eds
When the Clock Strikes Midnight, We Will Be Significantly Less Safe
The Democrats' FISA talking points are nonsense.