Editor’s Note: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was originally enacted as a post 9/11surveillance program that allows the government to collect electronic communications of foreign nationals located outside the United States without needing a warrant for each target. Supporters have called it ‘indispensable’ and critics worry aboutContinue Reading
OPINION — “After a rigorous, data-driven analysis, we’ve made the tough but necessary decision to inactivate the USS Boise. This strategic move allows us to reallocate America’s highly-skilled workforce to our highest priorities: delivering new Virginia [attack] and Columbia [strategic ballistic missile] – class submarines and improving the readiness ofContinue Reading
Consumers remain vulnerable to price spikes despite record domestic oil and gas production. But experts doubt the crisis will boost clean energy, absent strong policy. By Marianne Lavelle In President Traitor 47’s telling, the United States has fuel enough to hover above the chaos that his attack on Iran hasContinue Reading
“I am struck by how comprehensive and thoughtful The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Report is. It is just as good as the President’s Daily Brief, having spent a decade reading the PDB. And it’s unclassified, too! I’m proud to be part of the network of experts at The Cipher Brief,Continue Reading