If experience is anything to go by, the Marines who misbehaved in that video will be disciplined and punished—while those who are trying to exploit those images to undermine their mission never will be.

The Ahmed Ghailani case underscores the necessity of Obama's quiet decision to change course and lift the ban he imposed after his inauguration on new military commission trials at Guantanamo.

Given what we have learned about China over the recent past, the answer to its aggressiveness is not more concessions--and certainly not the abandonment of a key partner in Asia's long peace.

The political career of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd, which spanned more than 57 years in Congress, had its ups and downs but his determination to hard work and respect for tradition embodies the American spirit.

The Central Intelligence Agency's work for the past decade has been exposed by a long series of congressional committees and presidential commissions as a significant failure.

Pakistan is at a crossroads. With the massacre of scores of security forces in an apparent retaliatory attack by militants, and US demands for tougher action against al Qaeda and the Taliban, room for Pakistan to play both sides of the war on terror is rapidly shrinking. The big questions raised by this watershed moment may force Islamabad into making existential choices.

I'm not surprised to see people leaving the CIA. Their work for the past decade and more has been exposed by a long series of congressional committees and presidential commissions as a significant failure.

Perhaps the most surprising thing is that it has taken so long. I recommended a thorough...

On both sides of the Atlantic we need to abandon the illusion that extremist leaders are authentic and less voluble moderates are not.