Latest articles by David W. Brown
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America's embarrassingly redundant and entangled cyber security complex
feature Thank goodness no serious observer of electronic warfare considers a cyber-9/11 possible, let alone imminent
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If Israel bombs Iran: Forecasting the next 24 hours
feature Absent total war, the day after an Israeli attack on Iran would see a flurry of conventional spycraft, cyber-snooping, and frantic diplomacy
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Why the CIA should get out of the killing business. Again.
feature With the top job at the CIA now open, it's time to redirect the agency's mission away from paramilitary activity and back to intelligence
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10 things you didn't know about the president's secret army
feature They're everywhere, and they're completely covert
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Inside the secret world of America's top eavesdropping spies
feature Officially, the Special Collection Service doesn't exist. Unofficially, its snoops travel the world intercepting private messages and cracking high-tech encryptions
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The evolution of SEAL Team Six
feature How the celebrated unit went from being a ragtag band of outlaws to America's go-to guys
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In praise of Prince Harry, soldier
The Explainer Whatever his flaws, the extraordinarily brave prince represents not only the best of England, but in many ways, the best of his generation
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Kim Jong Un's less responsible, Disney-obsessed older brother
feature This black sheep of the family once tried to pass himself off as a Dominican named Pang Xiong
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This lawsuit could destroy FOIA
feature These days, every sunlight mechanism available to the public should be guarded jealously
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The real dangers of the Secret Service prostitution scandal
feature The salacious controversy revealed U.S. agents' startling weakness, and let America's enemies in on key information that could be used against us
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INTERVIEW: War on Whistleblowers' director Robert Greenwald
feature "Here are people who are putting it on the line, and who don't have a lot to gain, unless you believe in things like values, truth, and democracy"
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Boston is a tragedy, but it's not your tragedy
feature The violence on Monday was sickening. But unless you were actually there, it could not have "almost" happened to you
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How Microsoft is failing Windows 8
feature The company's brilliant engineers must feel like velociraptors handcuffed to brontosauruses
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INTERVIEW: Robert Greenwald's war on drones
feature In Pakistan, "people are angry, upset, hurting, grieving. This is not something that makes sense either morally or from a national security point of view."
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Matt Bell on readerly impulse, tastemakers, and the gatekeepers of publishing
feature An interview with the acclaimed author and scholar
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How Google fights China on America's behalf
feature While cybersecurity legislation languishes in congressional committees, the search king mounts a full-frontal assault on Chinese hackers
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The government's ludicrous obsession with secrecy
feature There's little point in refusing to acknowledge the existence of drones, or "unpublishing" widely known information
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Cyber is a fraudulent weapon in a nonexistent war
feature Corporate fearmongers are eager to make a fortune from the phony threat of cyber-terror
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The stupidity of how the U.S. government classifies secrets
feature In the name of national security, the feds spend $11 billion a year classifying things as secrets that often aren't really secrets at all
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How Hamas' rockets and Israel's missile-defense system work
feature The fate of the escalating conflict in the Middle East rests primarily on how effective machinery on both sides turns out to be
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The Pentagon's bafflingly backward priorities
feature We can't afford to help veterans pay for school. We can afford missile defense systems that don't work. Brilliant!
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How our love of gadgets makes us hate each other
feature Apple and Google evangelists are nearly as zealous as their religious counterparts. And these tribal divisions will only get worse as technology gets better
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