Former CIA Director David Petraeus plea-bargained to a misdemeanor count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material after having given classified government information to his onetime mistress, Paula Broadwell.

Military pay and benefits is not only a Defense Department issue, but also an economic one. And Tim Kane, a former Air Force officer turned research fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, wants to offer an alternative to fix system that he sees has been faltering for years.

New technologies are always a mixed blessing, their potential for good carrying with it the risk of evil. The deep challenge for a democracy is to develop legal rules, social practices and institutional arrangements that, at some reasonable cost, separate good from bad behavior.

Hoover fellow Richard Epstein discusses the Affordable Care Act and the King v. Burwell oral arguments of the four liberal members of the Supreme Court.

Hoover Fellow Larry Diamond discusses the erosion of rule of law and the halt to democratic progress around the world.

Hoover fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses politics and the problems associated with illegal immigration.

Hoover fellow David Henderson discusses the double taxation of savings and investments in our current system and the Rubio-Lee tax plan. Henderson notes that Rubio-Lee reduces double taxation but does nothing to reduce marginal tax rates or encourage a more pro-growth strategy.

This is a very interesting case. The other day, federal district judge Edgardo Ramos in New York threw out a defamation lawsuit between two private parties on the government’s intervening motion asserting the state secrets privilege. The case is Restis v. American Coalition Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI). The 18-page opinion is worth reading.

I normally make a point of not arguing with New York Times editorials, contenting myself with my role as their unofficial fact-checker on national security legal matters. (Don’t thank me.)

I find myself called, however, to say a substantive word about today’s editorial, “No Need to Prosecute Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.” There’s no specific factual error in it that I want to correct. It’s the very premise that requires comment.