Jim Himes keeps telling his constituents that U.S. intelligence agencies don’t spy on them, and ‘have no reason’ to buy Americans’ data. Advocates say that’s untrue.
National Security
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Opening of Trump’s Box
Iran has put a tollgate across the Strait of Hormuz. This fundamentally changes the global economy.
Posted inPolitics
Privacy Advocates Ambush Himes Over Clean FISA Push
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), a leader on the House Intelligence Committee, faced protests over his support for a warrantless spying regime.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Donald Trump’s Drug War in Ecuador
America is bombing cartels, and in the process helping a right-wing Ecuadorian president consolidate power.
Posted inTechnology
Who Will Govern AI?
Trump’s top officials are in the pocket of Big Tech. It remains to be seen whether Democrats will be much better.
Posted inPolitics
Warrantless Spying Reform Just Got a Whole Lot More Interesting
House Republicans have threatened to hold a foreign surveillance extension hostage unless the Senate agrees to voter suppression. It may flip the script on superfluous government spying.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The National Security Case for Renewable Energy
Turns out oil is vulnerable to price shocks caused by blood-crazed presidents.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Playing Politics With National Security Is a Dangerous Game
The Trump administration has gravely undermined counterterrorism work while also starting a war of aggression in the Middle East.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Iraq, Iran, Irate
Saddam Hussein and Iran’s ayatollahs were horrendous leaders who inflicted horrors on their subjects, but neither posed a threat to the United States, despite claims that both were developing nuclear weapons.
Posted inTAP
Will Trump Attack Iran?
It’s a far less promising military gambit than Venezuela, but Trump today is more desperate for a distraction.
