Signalgate

Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: The biggest surprise about this whole brouhaha is that even experienced Washington hands did not expect the Signalgate scandal to have legs for long. After all, how many Americans know who the Houthis are, where Yemen is, or why the...

Reagan on Protecting Secrets

Remarks at Groundbreaking Ceremonies for an Addition to the Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters Complex, May 24, 1984: An intelligence agency cannot operate effectively unless its necessary secrets are maintained even in this, the most open and free country on...

The Threat of Terrorism

 Graham Allison and Michael Morrell at Foreign Affairs: Testifying in December to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, [FBI Director Christopher] Wray said, “When I sat here last year, I walked through how we were already in a heightened threat environment.”...

From the indictment

The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta: The classified documents TRUMP stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign counties; United Slates nuclear programs;...

Security Threat on Capitol Hill

Zach Williams at NY Post: A longtime Pentagon official warned Wednesday that Rep.-elect George Santos (R-Nassau) poses an unprecedented challenge to national security given his recent admitted lying about his background, mysterious finances and potential access to...