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Killing Narco Speedboat Survivors Is a War Crime
A recent Washington Post story alleged that the Navy killed two men clinging to a boat that was bombed by the U.S. No matter the rationale, says our…
Jed Rubenfeld
I Served in the CIA’s Zero Units in Afghanistan
So did the Afghan man accused of savagely shooting two National Guard members the day before Thanksgiving. We cannot use this horrific act to malign all…
Elliot Ackerman
No, Democratic Lawmakers Didn’t Commit Sedition
Trump accused six Democrats of ‘seditious’ conduct after they told troops they can refuse unlawful orders. The law doesn’t back him up—but the video is…
Jed Rubenfeld
Palmer Luckey and the Future of American Power
Bari Weiss and Palmer Luckey sit down for a sweeping conversation about his falling-out with Mark Zuckerberg, AI defense weapons, and why America lost…
Bari Weiss
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American Soldiers Don’t Wear American Combat Boots
U.S.-made boots often cost too much and deliver too little, but Congress may require them anyway.
Jonas Du
Jed Rubenfeld: Trump Tests His Constitutional Limits
From tariffs and the National Guard deployments to Trump’s bombing of a Venezuelan boat and attempt to fire a member of the Fed, our legal columnist…
Jed Rubenfeld
How Being an Intelligence Officer Made Me a Better Writer
‘Write what you know,’ they tell writers. I worked in intelligence, so naturally I wrote a spy novel.
Elliot Ackerman
Was Iran’s Nuclear Program ‘Obliterated’—or Just Set Back a Few Months?
A leaked preliminary report suggested that U.S. and Israeli strikes had delivered only modest results. Other agencies and experts paint a very different…
Jay Solomon
Fred Smith Built a Great American Company. What Made Him Tick?
The FedEx founder, who died Saturday, often joked that he earned his business degree from the Marines.
Rick Brooks
Things Worth Remembering: How Warriors Prepare
It’s true that training for a war in peacetime is like learning to swim on dry land. But that’s why American soldiers are expected to read books like…
H.R. McMaster
I’m the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army.
My father grew up in a mud hut in India. America gave him—and me—a life. Now technologists like me need to give back.
Shyam Sankar
Things Worth Remembering: ‘Do Not Mourn Me Dead’
When I went to war, I wrote letters to my loved ones in case I never came home. Sullivan Ballou did too, and his words are a reminder of what Memorial…
Elliot Ackerman
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