The head of the ACLU argues that overreacting to events in Boston could turn America into a surveillance state
National Security
Terrorists and Mass Shooters: More Similar Than We Thought
A new survey shows that suicide terrorists and mass-homicide perpetrators tend to draw from the same pool of grievance-collecting young men
Two Degrees of Separation from a Bomber
In Cambridge, social networks laid bare an intricate web of eerie, sometimes banal, connections to the bombings
The Boston Bombing: Should Cameras Now Be Everywhere?
More video surveillance will be coming to cities across America. But how do we balance safety with privacy?
Who’s Behind the Boston Bombings? Some Initial Clues
The attack was low-tech and apparently leaderless, which points us in several possible directions
What Bush Got Right On Iraq—and What Obama Can Learn From It
Before pulling the trigger on Iran, the U.S. should review how Bush nearly drove Saddam Hussein from power without an invasion
Why We Shouldn’t Fear Personal Drones
The more widespread the technology, the better the uses we will find for it
Is Washington Overreacting to Zero Dark Thirty?
The movie is misleading, but that hardly warrants a congressional inquiry.
