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Murdoc Online (Free subscription) | 03/16/2010
Mexico Killings of 3 Connected to U.S. Consulate Bring Warning The White House condemned the killings of a U.S. citizen employee, her husband and the husband of a Mexican citizen employee, in a statement yesterday from National Security Council spokesman Mike Hammer. At least we’ve got the border locked down.
GrogNews (Free subscription) | 03/14/2010
Are the Marines ignoring command guidance and just freelancing their way through Afghanistan? The Marine approach -- creative, aggressive and, at times, unorthodox -- has won many admirers within the military. The Marine emphasis on patrolling by foot and interacting with the population, which has helped to turn former insurgent strongholds along the Helmand River valley into reasonably stable communities...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 03/10/2010
By JANE PERLEZ NYT ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A tour of the United States arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the members of the group refused to submit to extra airport screening in Washington, and they are now being hailed as heroes on their return home. “People should be thankful, you made them so proud,”...
White House (Free subscription) | 03/05/2010
WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Santiago, Chile, to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Sebastián Piñera Echenique, President of the Republic of Chile, on March 11, 2010. The Honorable General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret), National Security Advisor to the President, will be the head of the delegation. MEMBER OF THE...
The Corner (Free subscription) | 03/05/2010
There was a smart one held earlier this week with Michael Ledeen sparring with the president of the Atlantic Council, Frederick Kempe, and Flynt Leverett of the New American Foundation. Michael unsurprisingly did well. You can watch it here. David Ignatius of the Washington Post moderated. While making introductions, he told this story: Michael Ledeen I’ve known almost as long as I’ve known...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 03/04/2010
Cybersecurity Chief Howard Schmidt said he wants the U.S. to become "stronger through stronger technology." Lawrence Jackson/White House Details of “Einstein” Cyber Shield Disclosed by White House -- Wall Street Journal The Obama administration lifted the veil Tuesday on a highly-secretive set of policies to defend the U.S. from cyber attacks. It was an open secret that the National...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 03/04/2010
Cybersecurity Chief Howard Schmidt said he wants the U.S. to become "stronger through stronger technology." Lawrence Jackson/White House Details of “Einstein” Cyber Shield Disclosed by White House -- Wall Street Journal The Obama administration lifted the veil Tuesday on a highly-secretive set of policies to defend the U.S. from cyber attacks. It was an open secret that the National...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 02/17/2010
The New York Times has apparently discovered its inner patriot. The paper decided after a request from the White House to hold off publishing key information about the war effort in Afghanistan for fear of alerting the enemy to key U.S. intelligence. The Times and its executive editor Bill Keller, who defended the decision, have left the nation collectively uttering, "It's about time." Now...
Political Animal (Free subscription) | 02/08/2010
LAYING DOWN THE MARKER.... Richard Clarke, the chief counterterrorism adviser on the U.S. National Security Council for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, makes note today of what Republicans are doing to the public discourse related to national security....
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
We spoke with Dr. Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. (Transcript is here.) The topic of the discussion was the new QDR, and how the Pentagon is thinking about a number of challenges that we see down the road. There is a lot in this interview of interest, too much to quote at any length. I will, however, quote...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
Almost 6 Months ago President Obama announced a new set of rules for the interrogation of terrorists. The President has approved new recommendations for the interrogation and transfer of suspected terrorists, which were created by a task force he set up shortly after taking office. The big headline is the creation of an interagency team of interrogators, which will be known as the High-Value Detainee...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 01/26/2010
Almost immediately after the 2008 election the VP-Elect, our SCHMOTUS (schmo of the United States) sat down with a bi-partisan panel investigating the possibility of terrorists using WMDs against Americans on our home turf. They presented and Ominous prediction to the SHMOTUS, within the next four years there will be a nuclear or biological terrorist attack on US shores. The experts said that the danger...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
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Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 01/18/2010
Do liberals in power respond better to catastrophes than conservatives in power? The differences in responses by President Obama to the earthquake in Haiti compared to President Bush’s responses to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the I ndian Ocean tsunami in 2004 are no coincidence. Peter Beinart explains why in the Daily Beast: Here’s something you’re not supposed to say: Barack Obama...
Eurasia Review (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
By B.Raman The institution of a National Security Adviser (NSA) came into being in the US in the wake of the absence of inter-departmental co-ordination in defence-related policy-making that prevailed during and before the Second World War. The NSA’s role was to harmonise the views and inputs of different departments and project to the President the available options which had inter-departmental...
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