Washington Politics
Symposium: What I miss most about pre-9/11 America
We asked diplomats, scholars, activists, and military leaders about what the US has lost in a long quarter century
September 10, 2026
We asked diplomats, scholars, activists, and military leaders about what the US has lost in a long quarter century
A measure in a must-pass bill would dramatically increase Israeli access to American secrets
This fits a familiar pattern: information is welcomed when it licenses action, sidelined when it constrains it
We're once again exploring a world where intelligence is shaped to fit a policy, not inform it
Disregarding the Director of National Intelligence seems like an odd thing to do unless you really want to go to war
It's all the other coercive ways Trump is pursuing our strategic interests there
