Leon Panetta and extraordinary rendition

By Jan 15,2009

Me? I'm All for Dumb Power

Chris Brose is bristling at Hillary Clinton’s invocation of “smart power” in her testimony the other day: Now, America needs many things right now, but another contribution to the foreign...

By Jan 14,2009

Tortured detainees can't be prosecuted

So the former general counsel of the U.S. Army tells Bob Woodward: “We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani,” said Susan J. Crawford, in her first interview since being named convening authority of...

By Jan 14,2009

So, how was the dinner?

That was the question my sister asked me this morning when she read about the President-elect’s dinner over at Mr. George Will’s house. I had a nice chuckle and explained...