The Heart of the Matter

I recently stumbled across Oh Lucy! , a movie that bounces back and forth between Tokyo and southern California, which sounded familiar...a...

My second Earphones Award--this one for Zero Sum. Thanks AudioFile Magazine ,  I love narrating the audiobooks!

I’ve been reading Marc MacYoung since 1989, when I stumbled across his first book— Cheap Shots, Ambushes, and Other Lessons —in a Paladin ...

Today’s the day for  The Night Trade , featuring “absolutely first-rate thriller” (New York Times) character Seattle sex crimes detective ...

If you follow my political blogging, you know I believe nomenclature is critical (data collection vs bulk surveillance, targeted killing...

About a year ago, I was invited to co-host The Dark Files , a special the History Channel was planning that would focus on the Montauk lege...

When I wrote “ It’s Just a Leak ” in 2010, I thought it was satire. Alas .

Hi all, I’m excited to announce that the new John Rain novel— ZERO SUM , is out today! This is another prequel, again set in Tokyo ten yea...

Predictably, ISIS is cheering Trump's Muslim ban (actually, not just predictably. Predicted ). Yes, I know, it's not really a Musl...

Consider the way tools of national (in)security policy initially deployed abroad inevitably find their way home: bulk surveillance , black ...

Anyone who knows the work of novelist Andrew Vachss will recognize his influence on my latest novel,  Livia Lone  (along with that of his ...

Absolutely not a surprise that  Mike Pence refuses to rule out torture  in a Trump   administration. I've been writing about this sin...

I urge you to read this article by Alice Speri in the Intercept . 89,000 people jailed--no, not per year, per day . The war on some drug...

Yes, the 1950's level of fear-mongering and bullshit is part of what makes this Diane Feinstein op-ed such an embarrassment. But the r...

Gripping drama, potent activism—guest blogging about Oliver Stone’s Snowden biopic over at BoingBoing today . "The movie succeed...

The other day, I stumbled across an excellent documentary called Deep Web , about the Ross Ulbricht / Silk Road prosecution. I'd follo...

From my op-ed in Time Magazine urging Obama to pardon Snowden: "In other words, Snowden followed his conscience. Authoritarians mig...

Guest-blogging today over at Boing Boing : If you were the government and wanted to maintain a state of perpetual war , how would you go...

Based on dramatic revelations from a post-Snowden whistleblower and written by Jeremy Scahill and other Intercept writers, The Assassinatio...

Been a busy month promoting God's Eye. In case you missed these: I did this  "Five Questions on Publishing"  interview with...