The Department of Homeland Security is studying how best to implement a little-noticed congressional mandate to gather, search, and store biometric data from all foreign visitors leaving the country. The objective is to collect better data on foreigners who violate the law while in the country or who overstay their visas. Read the rest of this entry »

Andrew Bacevich is no fan of George W. Bush. The conservative historian and former military officer lost a son fighting in Iraq and has publicly called the administration’s foreign policy record one of “substantial, if almost malignant, achievement.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Even before Russian tanks rolled across the Georgian border, the country was already under assault in cyberspace. The attacks, which involved sabotaging specific Georgian websites, began days before Russian warplanes launched. Read the rest of this entry »