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23 Aug 2011, 8:58 am
Keep the wars going but normalize them; make them normal by not talking about them much; by not talking about them imply that, while “victory” is not in sight, there is something else, an achievement more realistic and perhaps more grown-up, still available to the United States in the Greater Middle East. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 1:21 am
., followed by Japan, China and Taiwan, were at "extreme risk" in terms of overall dollar costs from a natural disaster.However, the United States and Japan ranked far better in Maplecroft's assessment of countries' relative social and economic ability to cope with a disaster. [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 3:29 am
Would it be considered naive to suggest a victory of sorts for the judge to "ask" the Central Intelligence Agency to publish its document-destruction policies, given that regardless of what policies it makes, it remains above reproach for doing whatever it chooses to do? [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 9:35 am
The proposed rule – Control of Items the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control under the United States Munitions List – maintains controls for items that are significant to maintaining a military or intelligence advantage to the United States, while permitting more flexible licensing policies for exports to close U.S. allies and partners. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 9:23 pm
From the Gulf of Guinea to Central Asia, that question would reveal everything worth knowing, and terror would be its measure. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 7:21 am
In addition, the unit would assist the customer agency by making referrals to agencies with the requisite technical tools or expertise. [read post]
13 Jul 2011, 10:11 am
McRaven said that in order to expand successful “kinetic strikes” there, the United States will have to increase its use of drones as well as on-the-ground intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 2:21 pm
Ashcroft, which involved a U.S. citizen who sought habeas review in the United States while in the formal custody of Saudi Arabia, on the theory that the Saudi custody was proxy detention under the actual control of the United States. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 4:59 am
Panetta, who as director of the Central Intelligence Agency ran the American commando raid that killed Bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, said that vanquishing Al Qaeda was one of his most important goals as defense secretary. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 2:29 pm
" Another loophole affects employees of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency by barring them from any coverage under the law. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 2:14 pm
But in this 2009 executive order President Barack Obama stated that federal law enforcement officials are bound by the Geneva Conventions, stressing the need “to improve the effectiveness of human intelligence gathering [and] to promote the safe, lawful, and humane treatment of individuals in United States custody and of United States personnel who are detained in armed conflicts. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 1:22 pm
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] announced Thursday that he would continue investigating the deaths of two detainees [press release] who died during interrogations by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website]. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 11:51 am
UPDATE #2: A reader suggests that there may yet be some issues that remain open as to the tape-destruction matters; suffice to say that it’s not clear on the outside what the situation is] As to the component of the investigation relating to the possible use of unauthorized interrogation techniques, the Attorney General has announced the following: WASHINGTON – The Attorney General made the following statement today: “On January 2, 2008, Attorney General Michael Mukasey… [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 12:41 pm
Military leaders are now regularly put in charge of previously civilian intelligence agencies, as in the case of General David Petraeus, now nominated to leave the Afghan battlefield and become director of the Central Intelligence Agency. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 1:57 am
Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 7:51 am
The death of Osama bin Laden has started a debate about whether and how the United States can extricate itself from its military commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 12:00 pm
June 2011 marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's declaration of a "war on drugs" — a war that has cost roughly a trillion dollars, has produced little to no effect on the supply of or demand for drugs in the United States, and has contributed to making America the world's largest incarcerator. [read post]
31 May 2011, 9:18 am
Is it legal for the president of the United States to target an American citizen for assassination? [read post]
30 May 2011, 2:55 pm
As for any lingering doubts that our military is involved in the war on drugs, Hartigan puts them to rest: The United States Government’s present strategy in Central America is the Drug Flow Attack Strategy (DFAS). [read post]
24 May 2011, 8:28 am
Map of Eritrea and Ethiopia, Central Intelligence Agency (2009) (Source: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division) The Federation arrangement with Ethiopia did not last. [read post]
