The CIA is not practicing transparency, but archaeology
On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, CIA Director John Ratcliffe decided to gift the public a series of declassified presidential daily briefs.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
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Trump's real estate deal for Ukraine is a countdown to catastrophe
The diplomatic theater currently unfolding between Moscow and Kyiv is not a peace process; it is a transaction.
By Klaus Berger ·
Schrama dismisses confessions: Severe coercion voids KSM's due process
The law, at its best, is meant to be a bulwark against both chaos and tyranny. It must provide clarity, not coercion.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Ilves: The real problem for the United States is Iran, not NATO
The whole performance surrounding CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent trip to Moscow smells like a distraction.
By Maya Ellison ·
US sends more intel assets to Cuba
The American tendency to treat neighboring nations like geopolitical chess pieces—pawns to be maneuvered, destabilized, or simply contained—is an exhausting and predictable pattern.
By Grant Colby ·