Department of Homeland Security
The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact
A CIA veteran explains that a polygraph campaign is not likely to eliminate leaks, but it may divert investigative energy from essential security priorities.
What we forget when we remember 9/11
There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.
What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status
Congress never built a path from temporary status to permanent residence, leaving many people facing deportation with little recourse.
A seemingly technical change to international student visas could disrupt teaching and research at US universities
US colleges and universities hosted nearly 1.2 million international students in the 2024-25 school year, an all-time high.
Job of homeland security secretary is to adapt almost continuously to pressures from the department, the public and the world at large
The Department of Homeland Security’s massive bureaucracy has many critical national security functions and spends billions of taxpayer dollars seeking to keep the nation safe.
What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out
The combined political and legal roles and responsibilities of the US attorney general can create conflicts. Some attorneys general yielded to political pressure from the president – many did not.