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In what appears to be one of Edward Snowden’s final revelations, the former CIA and NSA agent has demonstrated conclusively that the National Security Agency has collected and analyzed the contents of emails, text messages, and mobile and landline telephone calls from nine Americans for every one foreign person it …

Following the release of five senior-level Taliban operatives in exchange for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the White House spin-masters immediately took to the airwaves to defend what appeared to be a clear reversal of the U.S.’s long-standing policy to not negotiate with terrorists. Appearing on the Sunday talk shows, …

It is a line I have used to open speeches on the lecture circuit for years and it never fails to get a laugh: “I’m happy to be here tonight from Washington, D.C., where the only politicians with convictions are in prison.” That’s only partially true. Democrats have convictions. They …