Despite a major reorganization of homeland-security and intelligence functions in the executive branch, Congress"s committee system looks much as it did before Sept. 11.

There is no guarantee that all who yearn for freedom, once free, will use it well.

Two cheers for the Silberman-Robb Commission Report, which for the first time raises some of the basic issues about the rot that has long festered within the intelligence community.

A new book by an architect of the Iraq war exposes the decision-making process leading up to and during the conflict.

Remember that he really hated the French, ever since he caught them breaking into some offices in Washington. Or was it they who caught him breaking into their offices?

Judge Silberman and others discussedthe findings of the commission on U.S. intelligence failuresand what needs to be doneto reform the gathering and analysis of secret information.

The Libyan war is tempting Republicans to sacrifice constitutional principle for partisan advantage.Congressional Republicans should not try to outdo Mr. Obama in a game of unprincipled one-upmanship.

Christopher DeMuth, Reuel Marc Gerecht, and James Q. Wilson's remarks before Bernard Lewis's 2007 Irving Kristol Lecture.