Secrecy

Beginning a national security reform process is not just necessary, but urgently demanded to break inertia and launch a new dynamic.

Ensuring that any secret law-making in the executive branch gets disinfecting sunlight is uniquely important because of its potential to give legal cover for overbroad, unaccountable,…

A former CIA station chief considers his own experience with the practice in relation to Libya and the potential risks involved.

Congress can legislate both responsibly and openly, as long as the administration declassifies certain information that is already in the public domain.

The disclosure of the titles means that journalists, researchers, and others can now request the Office of Legal Counsel opinions themselves, opening important new avenues for…

Analysis of DOJ Office of Legal Counsel's May 19, 2023 release of a new index of unclassified OLC opinions written between 1998 and 2019.

With the threat of terrorism receding, the Biden administration should seize the moment and illuminate a path back to peace.

Biden's classified policy memorandum on counterterrorism drone strikes is just one more stepping stone in the long path of the forever war.

Biden's new counterterrorism framework is consistent with policy efforts to dial back the war on terror.

Providing a meaningful report to Congress - and the American public - on legal and policy frameworks governing the use of force and related national security operations is not…

Congress should take steps to end America’s war-based approach to counterterrorism policy.

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.