Eric Swalwell was reportedly "shocked" when the FBI informed him in 2015 that Christine Fang, a Chinese national who first met him in 2012, was a suspected spy. Published December 31, 2020
The purpose of intelligence is to detect threats "left of boom" so they can be preempted before they are visited on our shores. Published December 24, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden's stated aim to embrace the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as long as Tehran also returns to compliance is causing well-justified apprehension. Published December 17, 2020
Our nation greatly benefits from having a cadre of professionals who do not turn over each time there is a new party in charge of the executive branch. Published December 3, 2020
The threat of terrorism that is arguably the national security threat with the shortest fuse. Published November 19, 2020
Let's not forget that just a couple of months ago the Trump administration brokered an unexpected and remarkable diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East. Published November 5, 2020
Kaitlin Sandeno and I share a mutual understanding and appreciation of what it means to care for a family member undergoing arduous treatment for cancer. Published October 22, 2020
The Trump administration should be as transparent as possible about the president's illness and recuperation to avoid creating vulnerable attack space for foreign adversaries to sow confusion. Published October 15, 2020
Last month, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was discharged from the Berlin hospital where he was treated for 32 days after being poisoned with the Soviet military-grade nerve agent Novichok while on a trip to Russia's Far East. Published October 8, 2020
Our hyperpartisan politics creates openings for attack and division, which our adversaries -- Russia in particular -- ruthlessly exploit. Published September 24, 2020
U.S. lawmakers express grave concern that Omar and Sarah al Jabri were being held against their will to compel their father's return from Canada to Riyadh to face charges of corruption. Published September 10, 2020
Earlier this month Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced they will normalize diplomatic ties and build a new bilateral relationship, a breakthrough which has the potential to recast the balance of power in the Middle East. Published August 27, 2020
China has made the control over foreign real estate a central tool in its increasingly aggressive and diverse arsenal. Published August 13, 2020
Christopher Steele would best serve his own interests -- and the national security of both the U.K. and U.S. -- with a mea culpa admitting his errors of judgment and laying out the multitude of lessons we should learn from his shoddy work product. Published July 30, 2020
A Taliban bounty plot would be completely consistent with Mr. Putin's cloak-and-dagger approach to tactics and strategy. Published July 16, 2020
Last month, for the first time ever, the CIA began airing recruitment videos on entertainment, news and lifestyle streaming services. And the clandestine life appears to have its attractions. Published July 2, 2020
National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien warned last month that America's foreign adversaries will seek to exploit our domestic crises to "sew discord and to try and damage our democracy." Published June 18, 2020
The Iraqi parliament's approval last month of a new government under Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was a welcome development for a country devastated by terrorism, decades of violence and corruption. Published June 4, 2020
The United States needs to take the lead in holding China accountable and countering Mr. Xi's strategy. Published May 21, 2020
It has taken too many years, but the infamous Steele dossier has been finally and thoroughly discredited, but not before inflicting great harm on our political process. Published May 7, 2020
