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  • U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on February 20. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
    U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster on February 20. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

    Grand Strategy Is Overrated

    Why President Trump shouldn’t necessarily heed the long-term vision of his own National Security Strategy.

  • Former U.S. President Barack Obama talks with then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan  while attending the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 20, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons)
    Former U.S. President Barack Obama talks with then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan while attending the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 20, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons)
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lying to the FBI prior to his Marine One departure from the South Lawn of the White House Dec. 4, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lying to the FBI prior to his Marine One departure from the South Lawn of the White House Dec. 4, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

    Donald Trump Is Guilty

    The only remaining question is what exactly he’s guilty of.

  • President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 25.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden at the White House on July 25.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    The Evidence Is Damning: What Team Trump Knew and When

    We already know that the Trump campaign was aware of — and intended to profit from — Moscow’s interference in the election.

  • Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse  in Washington on Dec. 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on Dec. 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Flynn’s Lies Are Just the Latest in a Series

    The former national security adviser's plea deal must be understood in the context of various deceits by the president and his associates.

  • Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to U.S.President Donald Trump, leaves following his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1, 2017 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to U.S.President Donald Trump, leaves following his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1, 2017 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    Mike Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI, Is Cooperating on Russia Probe

    The former national security adviser was asked by Trump team officials to make contact with the Russians.

  • Robert Mueller gets hold of emails from the presidential transition. The Pentagon has been researching sightings of UFOs. And a U.S. citizen is being held as an enemy combatant in Iraq. It’s been a wild week before Christmas.
    Robert Mueller gets hold of emails from the presidential transition. The Pentagon has been researching sightings of UFOs. And a U.S. citizen is being held as an enemy combatant in Iraq. It’s been a wild week before Christmas.

    Rational Security on The E.R.: The “Power of Delusional Thinking” Edition

    Mike Flynn may be cooperating with Mueller’s investigation, but the president thinks there’s nothing to worry about.

  • U.S. President Barack Obama presides over a meeting of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 28, 2009. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
    U.S. President Barack Obama presides over a meeting of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 28, 2009. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

    A Key Intelligence Advisory Board Has No Members

    President Trump’s antipathy toward the intel community extends to the Intelligence Advisory Board.

  • Soldiers, officers, and civilian employees attend the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Army's annual observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in the Pentagon Center Courtyard on March 31, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Soldiers, officers, and civilian employees attend the commencement ceremony for the U.S. Army's annual observance of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in the Pentagon Center Courtyard on March 31, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    #MeToo Is All Too Common in National Security

    I signed the letter, but didn’t think I deserved to be called a “survivor.” Until I started remembering the trail of abuse.

  • Donald Trump holds a copy of Time Magazine outside the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa, on Jan. 19, 2016. (Aron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
    Donald Trump holds a copy of Time Magazine outside the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa, on Jan. 19, 2016. (Aron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

    All the President’s Men of the Year

    Donald Trump is pining for Time magazine’s recognition, but he has competition in his own White House.

  • Rational Security on The E.R. tackles DMs and democracy.
    Rational Security on The E.R. tackles DMs and democracy.

    Rational Security on The E.R.: The “DMs on the DL” Edition

    Does democracy go down in the DMs? The folks at Lawfare discuss.

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    The Messaging App Fueling Syria’s Insurgency

    Are you a Syrian rebel in need of U.S.-manufactured assault rifles, or even a tank? You can buy it on Telegram.

  • Fort Meade, UNITED STATES:  A computer workstation bears the National Security Agency (NSA) logo inside the Threat Operations Center inside the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland, intelligence gathering operation 25 January 2006 after US President George W. Bush delivered a speech behind closed doors and met with employees in advance of Senate hearings on the much-criticized domestic surveillance.   AFP PHOTO/Paul J. RICHARDS  (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
    Fort Meade, UNITED STATES: A computer workstation bears the National Security Agency (NSA) logo inside the Threat Operations Center inside the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland, intelligence gathering operation 25 January 2006 after US President George W. Bush delivered a speech behind closed doors and met with employees in advance of Senate hearings on the much-criticized domestic surveillance. AFP PHOTO/Paul J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

    Is the NSA Doing More Harm Than Good in Not Disclosing Exploits?

    Inside the complicated national security calculus behind disclosing zero-day vulnerabilities.

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump  prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7.
Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON        (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images)
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images)
  • LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 5:  Los Angeles police officers in hazard suits secure the scene in a "hazardous material hot area" after the explosion of a "dirty bomb" during a simulated attack at a dock at the Port of Los Angeles on August 5, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. In the drill's scenario, a "dirty bomb" smuggled into the port in a shipping container exploded as a bus was driving by, releasing a plume of radioactivity. More than 850 civilian and military personnel representing more than 60 government agencies, community based and private-sector organizations are participating in the terror response drill, "Determined Promise 2004."  (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
    LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 5: Los Angeles police officers in hazard suits secure the scene in a "hazardous material hot area" after the explosion of a "dirty bomb" during a simulated attack at a dock at the Port of Los Angeles on August 5, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. In the drill's scenario, a "dirty bomb" smuggled into the port in a shipping container exploded as a bus was driving by, releasing a plume of radioactivity. More than 850 civilian and military personnel representing more than 60 government agencies, community based and private-sector organizations are participating in the terror response drill, "Determined Promise 2004." (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

    The Invisible Threat

    As the Trump administration talks border walls and North Korean nukes, scientists are sounding the alarm on potential biological attacks.

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