That is precisely what President Obama is calling the information sharing and U.S. intelligence services before the attempted terror attack aboard Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day. According to the New York Times, our intelligence agencies knew about the impending attack long...
Apparently, five terrorists from Guantanamo Bay will be going to stand trial in Federal Court in New York. Already, people have lined up on both sides of the issue, but honestly, this is the best news we have heard on the Guantanamo front in a while.
There are many different options for what to do in Afghanistan, most of which involve sending more troops. How many should we send, and when can we start bringing them home?
In any national crisis, there is a period when the government asks itself what went wrong, and how to fix it. That has now begun in earnest for the Fort Hood shootings. Were there signs that this was going to happen, and if so, how did we miss them?
Yesterday, a few provisions of the Patriot Act came up for renewal in the House of Representatives. There was also a neat little twist or two to this story.
Today, an Army Major, Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire on soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood, a major Army base in Texas, initially killing twelve and injuring 31; one of the injured has since died in the hospital. How could this happen, and what do we do to prevent it from happening again?
Iran made two major concessions relating to their nuclear program at today's summit in Geneva, Switzerland. Are they bluffing, or is this for-real?
The five permanent members of the Security Council, plus Germany, are meeting with Iran this week amid recent missile tests and the revelation of a secret facility at Qom that is under construction. What to do about Iran's nuclear ambitions this time?
About nine months ago, President Obama signed an executive order that would close the prison at Guantanamo in one year. Nine months in, we find that that will most likely be delayed. What happened?
Today, President Obama announced that the U.S. was shelving the proposed plan for ground-based interceptors in Poland and the accompanying radar in the Czech Republic. Great timing, Mr. President. After all, today is the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland, and according to the New York Times article, the Polish government considered...
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