
David W. Brown
David W. Brown is coauthor of Deep State (John Wiley & Sons, 2013) and The Command (Wiley, 2012). He is a regular contributor to TheWeek.com, Vox, The Atlantic, and mental_floss. He can be found online here.
Latest articles by David W. Brown
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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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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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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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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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The secret labs where America's most futuristic weapons are built
feature These days, conflicts aren't necessarily fought by gun-wielding soldiers, but instead by stealthy computer viruses and complex code-breaking computers
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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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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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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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Drone warfare... in the Philippines?
feature A New York Times report on a secret U.S. missile strike threatens to damage America's relationship with a key ally
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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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