Armchair Generalist (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The fact that Michael "I hope bin Laden attacks the US" Scheuer has some mental challenges is probably not news to those who have heard him speak before. But why the Foreign Policy magazine would let him editorialize on its...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... group or not or a formal group is question we'll find out over the next couple of days," said Michael Scheuer, the former head of the CIA's Bin Laden unit."But for years now, it's been very clear that two of the targets for Al Qaeda and other Islamic groups for recruitment were in the U.S. military and in the U.S. prison system," he said. "So this is not really much of anything new."Walid...
CNN (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer told CNN in the past that the Italian military secret service had approved the operation involving Hassan, and CIA sources who refused to be named told CNN in 2005 that the agency had briefed and sought approval from its Italian counterpart for such an abduction.
CNN (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Former CIA analyst Michael Scheuer told CNN in the past that the Italian military secret service had approved the operation involving Hassan, and CIA sources who refused to be named told CNN in 2005 that the agency had briefed and sought approval from its Italian counterpart for such an abduction.
Robert Greenwald (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. Learn how the war in Afghanistan undermines U.S. security: watch Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six), & visit http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog. At least Michael Scheuer’s snarling, morally bankrupt piece (oddly promoted as the front-page story on Foreign Policy Magazine’s website) correctly...
ThreatsWatch (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
... 100 al Qaeda fighters remain in Afghanistan that they are not the problem in Afghanistan. Michael Scheuer debunking the "al Qaeda is gone from Afghanistan" approach to U.S. policy: Michael Scheuer, a former CIA analyst who tracked bin Laden for three years, believes the administration may have underestimated al-Qaida's role here because the organization prefers...
The Torch (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Two from Bruce R. at Flit : 1) The schad decline of Michael Scheuer 2) Today's essential Afghan slide From Michael Yon , a snap of a Gen. Petraeus briefing slide from a speech in Holland [other good maps and charts at link]: Also worth reading today: Anthony Lloyd with British forces in Helmand . To this eye the map seems dire in relatively few, but important, places. Where the...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
... Partial War on Terror -- Christine Fair, Wall Street Journal Afghanistan: Get Nasty or Go Home -- Michael Scheuer, Foreign Policy US must find courage for a knifefight in Afghanistan -- Sean McLain, The National Why a real counter-insurgency strategy is not possible in Afghanistan--and why politics may be the answer -- A.J. Rossmiller, TNR Obama's Nuclear Agenda -- Joseph Nye, RealClearWorld...
Outside the Beltway (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
... his term. Otherwise, in the coming months, the Democrats may be seen as having lost a war. while Michael Scheuer in Foreign Policy argues that we should “go big or go home”: Team Obama faces quite a dilemma. McChrystal’s plan to stave off defeat by asking for substantial immediate reinforcements — a request that is still far short of what is needed to “win” in Afghanistan — is a sure...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
... numbers of al-Qaida fighters in various provinces in addition to across the border in Pakistan. Michael Scheuer, a former CIA analyst who tracked bin Laden for three years, believes the administration may have underestimated al-Qaida's role here because the organization prefers to work in the background providing logistics, propaganda and training to local allies. Most of the foreigners...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
... hand in the toaster. He can bring in Orly Taitz, foremost expert on hand-toaster interactions, and Michael Scheuer on how Obama's Hitleresque government is trying to take away your freedom to stick your hand in your toaster whenever you want. So what's your guess? What'll Glenn's next gimmick be?
The Corner (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
... terrorism experts are trying to get its attention by going public, and not just through The Times. Michael Scheuer, the former head of the C.I.A. bin Laden unit, told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann last week that the Taliban and Al Qaeda, having regrouped in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ''are going to detonate a nuclear device inside the United States'' (the real United States, that is, not...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
... and worse still violates the arrogance that we can control this by our behavior (something Michael Scheuer is delusional over as well..despite his great and long service..thank you, sir). To avoid this all we have to do is everything the mass murderers want, today and tomorrow and tomorrow, and tomorrow. WaPo chimes in with their own all or nothing, and Amir Taheri as well. It will...
