Saturday’s NYT had a piece bylined by James Risen about the Ghosts of Iraq Haunting CIA in Tackling Iran. It’s a Captain Obvious story in conception.

Today, URL Pharma was acquired by Takeda for nearly $800M.  The story here in brief is that for hundreds of years, colchicine was used for the treatment of gout and other conditions; it was an effective drug but had to be used carefully. URL invested in the formulation development and clinical studies required for colchicine, and ultimately received FDA approval in 2009. 

If Democratic complaints aboutpoor oversight in the 109th Congress are to be taken seriously, they should start by revamping the committee structure.

There is a "frisson of nostalgia" in the Iraq documents.

Congress is right to honor Porter Goss, but it should also let the director of national intelligence continue to grow in stature.

I asked the late James Jesus Angletonwhat he thought about the latest leaks on and from his former employers.

Watch the rest of the journeyof intelligence reform through Congress--it may provide clues for how Social Security, tax reform, energy, and other issues will be treated.

U.S. businesses increasingly are coming under scrutiny from antitrust regulators across the Atlantic. At the European Commission alone, cases have been filed or are pending against leading technology firms--including Intel, Qualcomm, Apple, Rambus, and Microsoft--as well as some of the most successful pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Merck. Does...