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It is a not a criminalization of politics to investigate serious allegations of criminality in politics.
A case study in assessing the benefit of sanctions.
A mysterious string of events related to Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui raises more questions than answers.
The Times’ recent story on North Korean cyber operations makes a bold, if not deceptive, claim.
In light of CIA Director Mike Pompeo's criticism of the New York Times' publication of a CIA officer's identity, we are reposting Jack Goldsmith's 2015 interview of Times executive editor Dean Baquet on the paper's publication of sensitive information.
A new episode of the television show Black Mirror brings sextortion to the small screen.
It wasn't okay when the Left drank the Wikileaks KoolAid, and it's not okay when the Trumpist Right does it either.
I have very little sense of what really happened between the government, Yahoo and the FISA court. So I'm going to wait to have an opinion until I actually know something. So should everyone else.
The Washington Post editorial page has no institutional duty whatsoever to defend a source simply because the news side won a Pulitzer based on his criminality. The editorial staff is not tasked with deciding whether or not to publish Snowden documents. The news staff is not tasked with opining on whether Snowden should get a pardon.
An astonishingly bad piece appeared in Politico this week attacking FBI Director James Comey. The thesis is bold. The evidence is shockingly weak. Critical history and information is left out. Quotations are seemingly intentionally distorted. And important information in the story is just wrong.