Pentagon investigators administered polygraph tests in August to dozens of military officers and civilian employees as part of a leak probe into reports about dwindling U.S. weapons stockpiles. The te
Emil Michael, the top Pentagon official overseeing military artificial intelligence policy, has sold millions of dollars’ worth of stock in another AI-related company, according to newly reviewed fina
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) warns President Trump against believing claims that Russia is nearing defeat in Ukraine. The memo argues that reports from U.S. intelligence offici
Twenty-Five Years Later, We Still Ask Too Much of the Military
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The essay argues that, 25 years after 9/11, the United States still asks too much of its military. The author recalls being a teenager when the attacks happened and describes the fear and anger that f
The article examines Barack Obama’s heavy reliance on his BlackBerry and the security concerns it raised as he prepared to become president. Obama said he was “clinging” to the device and used e-mail
Stuxnet, the first known cyberweapon, was a sophisticated computer worm developed collaboratively by U.S. and Israeli intelligence to disrupt Iran's nuclear program. Identified in 2010, its developmen
In a recent analysis, Jeet Heer discusses the troubling evolution of the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, particularly under the Trump administration. The war, described as one lacking a clear rati