Marc Ambinder
Marc Ambinder is TheWeek.com's editor-at-large. He is the author, with D.B. Grady, of The Command and Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry. Marc is also a contributing editor for The Atlantic and GQ. Formerly, he served as White House correspondent for National Journal, chief political consultant for CBS News, and politics editor at The Atlantic. Marc is a 2001 graduate of Harvard. He is married to Michael Park, a corporate strategy consultant, and lives in Los Angeles.
Latest articles by Marc Ambinder
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The future of trade: U.S. rules. Or China's rules.
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ISIS is never funny. Except when it is.
The Explainer Dissecting the making of a fake controversy
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If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?
feature The WORST thing you could do is get in a car and drive away
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The perfectly logical reason for Obama's silence on Islamic terrorism
opinion The president is coming under fire for not saying Islamic terrorism. Here's why his silence is a virtue.
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Why Kaspersky was right to reveal NSA secrets
opinion The security software company effectively provided a check on the NSA's power
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Here's how the FBI can help black communities
The Explainer The FBI director's speech was a good start. Here's the next step.
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8 facts you need to know about Islam and terrorism
The Explainer This is a complex religious and social issue that defies simplistic theorizing
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The Secret Service just cleaned house
The Explainer Four top managers will leave their jobs
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In free countries, bad people have more freedom to be bad
The Explainer We can't have it all
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Why we shouldn't censor Charlie Hebdo's cartoons
opinion The New York Times got this one wrong
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Slandering the prophet? Let the ink flow.
feature After the Charlie Hedbo attacks, we must reaffirm people's right to blasphemy
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Why Larry Summers threw in the towel
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The time's not right for Tesla
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This is the new CNN
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Fox News' culture of sexism
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The biggest threat to Uber and Airbnb is the government
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Spying ain't beanbag
feature The tragedy of espionage
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Is Chris Christie too fat to be president?
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Why China is afraid of North Korea
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The latest secret document dump
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Warning: Russia's about to invade...?
feature The function of "warning" intelligence
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5 things I didn't know about urban wildfires
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The NSA's technical fouls
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Sources: NSA sucks in data from 50 companies
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