Spencer Ackerman

Congress told the immigration agency to reduce its detentions. Instead, ICE detained more people than ever, The Daily Beast has learned. Where did it find the money?

Stan Lee supercharged Marvel Comics into one of the most important cultural forces on the planet. But how much credit does he really deserve?

In his first two years in office, Donald Trump launched 238 drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia—way beyond what the ‘Drone President’ Barack Obama did.

Hill sources tell The Daily Beast that they won’t save a surveillance effort so abusive that the NSA shut it down.

Trump Tells Allies He Wants Absolved War Criminals to Campaign for Him  The Daily Beast

Never in 18 years has the government used Section 412 of the PATRIOT Act, which permits indefinite detention of resident aliens on national-security grounds. Until now.

Whatever the civil liberties questions about gathering data on those in contact with coronavirus patients, epidemiologists warn that the monitoring window is closing—or closed.

Michael Scheuer used to hunt Osama bin Laden, whom he now says he admires. Now his quarry is Donald Trump’s enemies, whom he equates with terrorists.

Do not mourn the defense secretary. Mourn his victims. There were nearly too many to tally, but his Pentagon refused to count anyway.

McChrystal: ‘Impossible to Argue’ War on Terror Was Worth It