Our soldiers in Afghanistan have to deal with enough absurd rules of engagement without having to put up with one that can turn a serious wound into a mortal one. They deserve better — as do our Dustoff crews.

Reasonable people can disagree about whether the United States should resume using enhanced interrogation techniques (as it appears it will if a Republican assumes the presidency in January 2013).  But we should at least debate this proposition based on facts.

The extension of Miranda rights is a symptom of two larger maladies that threaten to harm the body public.

CIA interrogators should not face criminal charges.

President Obama has both undermined national security and eroded the foundation of human rights law.

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On March 28, the Supreme Court will take up the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which will determine the permissibility of the Bush administration’s plan to use military tribunals to conduct trials of al Qaeda senior leaders. In...

We must take all reasonable actions to protect ourselves from those who would destroy our society; but wealsocannotturn our backs on theideals that define our civilization.

Judicial overconfidence in intruding into war decisions could produce more Abu Ghraibs in combat zones and remove our most effective means of preventing future terrorist attacks.