War on Terror

Politics

Obama's Indefinite Detention Powers

Does the president have the authority to imprison anyone he says is a terrorist?

Jacob Sullum | 12.7.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Ron Paul, Still Rising

Brian Doherty | 12.6.2011 6:02 PM

Politics

Conservatives Drop Their Love for the Constitution

Terrorists, conservatives say, hate us for our freedom, so they must be stopped-even if that means sacrificing our freedom in the process.

A. Barton Hinkle | 12.6.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Senate's Unconstitutional Support for Indefinite Detention

The government should not be allowed to imprison people indefinitely.

Sheldon Richman | 12.5.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

National Review on "Rand Paul, Libertarian Extremist"

Matt Welch | 12.5.2011 9:53 AM

Politics

Obama's War Record Should Appall Progressives

The president is following in George W. Bush's disastrous footsteps.

Sheldon Richman | 12.2.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Is the President's Indefinite Detention Power Limited to Foreigners?

Jacob Sullum | 11.29.2011 5:23 PM

Politics

Check Out Sen. Rand Paul Railing Against the War on Terror's Excesses and the Potential Detainment of American Citizens

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.29.2011 5:01 PM

Politics

Don't Worry: The President Will Have Complete Discretion to Imprison People Without Trial

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2011 2:03 PM

Politics

DHS Sez: Happy Thanksgiving, Turkey Fryers Are Scary

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 11.23.2011 2:17 PM

Politics

Is the Government Catching Terrorists or Creating Them?

Jacob Sullum | 11.23.2011 10:43 AM

Politics

Why We Should Fear Bathtubs More Than Terrorists-Authors John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart on Security Spending

Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg | 11.21.2011 3:00 PM

Politics

Presidential Arbitrary Power to Kill a Bipartisan Success

Brian Doherty | 11.15.2011 7:53 PM

Politics

Terror Fairy Tales

A new book preaches to the choir on civil liberties, but it's a heck of a sermon.

Clarke Cooper | 11.11.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Gitmo: "the most expensive prison on earth"

Matt Welch | 11.10.2011 10:08 AM

Politics

CIA Told to Be More Careful With Their Drones

Lucy Steigerwald | 11.4.2011 2:30 PM

Policy

Reason Morning Links: Libya Not Yet a Democratic Paradise, Greece Government "Teetering," Jack Abramoff Tells All

Mike Riggs | 11.2.2011 9:15 AM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: More Congresscritters Call for Holder's Head, What It's Like to Be a Normal Person on a Watchlist, Another DOE Gold-Digger Is DOA

Mike Riggs | 11.1.2011 9:04 AM

Politics

The Patriot Act Turns 10

Damon Root | 10.26.2011 12:29 PM

Politics

See-Thru Surveillance: Coming to a Police Department Near You?

Matt Welch | 10.18.2011 11:55 AM

Politics

Herman Cain: "there are some Americans, including members of Congress -- who want the terrorists to win"

Matt Welch | 10.17.2011 2:39 PM

Politics

The Iranian Terror Plot Is Not All That Terrifying

Shikha Dalmia | 10.13.2011 8:12 AM

Politics

Secret Panel Draws up "Targeting Recommendations," Secret Memo Justifies Assassinating Them

Mike Riggs | 10.10.2011 10:45 AM

Politics

Runaway Missiles

Why not trust the president with the power to kill anyone he considers an enemy?

Jacob Sullum | 10.5.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Ron Paul: Assassination of al-Awlaki Might Be an Impeachable Offense

Matt Welch | 10.4.2011 9:17 AM

Policy

Ron Paul, Gary Johnson Among Those Not Keen on U.S. Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

Lucy Steigerwald | 9.30.2011 3:50 PM

Politics

If We Acknowledged the Secret Law, It Wouldn't Be a Secret

Jacob Sullum | 9.23.2011 12:55 PM

Politics

Obama's Advisers Debate the Limits of His License to Kill

Jacob Sullum | 9.16.2011 11:41 AM

Politics

Why Was Shoshana Hebshi Cuffed and Strip-Searched on 9/11? The FBI Doesn't Know, and the Detroit Airport Won't Say

Mike Riggs | 9.15.2011 11:58 AM

Policy

How Invading Iraq Helped al Qaeda

Mike Riggs | 9.14.2011 2:33 PM

Politics

Richard Epstein on America's "Legal Blunders" After 9/11

Damon Root | 9.13.2011 2:30 PM

Politics

The Phantom Menace

Al Qaeda was never an "existential" threat.

Gene Healy | 9.13.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Blogger Shoshana Hebshi Claims She was Pulled From Frontier Flight 623 and Strip-Searched for Sitting Next to Two Other Dark-Skinned People on 9/11

Mike Riggs | 9.12.2011 11:38 PM

Politics

Remembering 9/11: No, You're an Astroturf-Funded Protester!

Matt Welch | 9.12.2011 11:29 AM

Politics

Who Really Kept Us Safe After 9/11

The truth about homeland security

Steve Chapman | 9.8.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

The Watchdog That Didn't Bark

Obama avoids scrutiny of his respect for civil liberties.

Jacob Sullum | 9.7.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Bill Keller: Testosterone and a Liberalism-Inferiority Complex Led Me to Support the Iraq War

Mike Riggs | 9.6.2011 12:17 PM

Politics

Reason-Rupe Poll: 55 Percent of Americans Say We've Given Up Too Much Freedom and Privacy in the Name of Security Since 9/11

Emily Ekins | 9.1.2011 9:45 AM

Politics

Torture Update

Matt Welch | 9.1.2011 9:33 AM

Politics

Reason.tv: Jacob G. Hornberger on Obama, Foreign Policy, and Civil Liberties

Reason Staff | 8.5.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

Why Art Failed Us After 9/11

Trying to make sense of senselessness

Nick Gillespie | 8.1.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

The Danger of Snap Judgments

Lessons from the Norway attacks

Cathy Young | 7.28.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Lessons from Norway's Horror

Don't use a tragedy to score partisan points.

Gene Healy | 7.26.2011 1:30 PM

Policy

The Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex

The feds erect a bureaucracy to combat a questionable threat.

Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins | 7.25.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Return to Normalcy

When Al Qaeda is defeated, can we have our liberties back?

Gene Healy | 7.19.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

The Day Everything Continued to Change

An overlooked lesson of 9/11: America's strength is based on dynamism.

Matt Welch | 7.11.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

"TSA Agent Caught With Passenger's iPad in His Pants; Allegedly Took $50,000 in Other Goods, Cops Say"

Matt Welch | 7.8.2011 9:30 AM

Politics

The Difference Between Retaliation and Nation Building: About 10 Years

Jacob Sullum | 7.6.2011 10:41 AM