We should acknowledge both the benefits and the risks of the deal to obtain his release. But conservatives keep talking like it’s 2002.
National Security
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Facial Recognition and the Loss of Anonymity
The latest Snowden revelation says the NSA is increasingly relying on facial recognition, as are lots of law enforcement agencies. Before long, the right to anonymity in public could be gone.
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Does Obama Have a Foreign Policy Doctrine? (Let’s Hope Not)
A doctrine is what you need when you’d rather not be bothered to understand too much about any country we have to deal with or any situation we confront.
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Who’s Hacking Your Phone?
What scares you more: the idea that the NSA could take control of your phone, or the idea that a foreign intelligence service could?
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Where Terrorists and Assassins Don’t Hide
The Supreme Court decides a case on the Secret Service pushing anti-Bush protesters away from the president.
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American War Dead, By the Numbers
Putting our past and present conflicts in context.
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Ehud Olmert Exits Stage Right, But His Very Bad Idea Remains
Prominent politicians are proposing that Israel redraw its border, keeping some or all settlements and imposing a new map by fiat—an old Olmert idea. Call it hubris.
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UPDATED: Dangerous Amendment Amounting to Declaration of War Put Forward
Fox News furnished the pictures, and it looks like Representative Duncan Hunter wants to furnish the war.
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‘Benghazi! The Musical’: Dancing, Shouting, Not Much Plot
It’s kind of like Oklahoma!, only rather more grim.
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The Best Way to Deal With Putin? Take It Slow
With few good options to addressing Russia’s moves on Ukraine, the West needs keep larger goals in mind.