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Armed Conflict in Syria, and More from CRS
Newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following. Armed Conflict in Syria: U.S. and International Response, June 14, 2013 Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress, June 14, 2013 U.S. StrategicShow More Summary
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Michael Bane: So I’m in charge of taking care of the menagerie tonight and the television is on to keep me company. I’m listening to a Republican — let me restate that…Republican — analyst state how excited he is about a 2016 Presidential match-up between Hillary Clinton and Chris Christie. Because, see, Chris Christie is [...]
A Candid Look at the Senate Intelligence Committee
Much of the continuing controversy over intelligence surveillance policy revolves around whether the sweeping collection of U.S. telephone data by intelligence agencies violates constitutional norms. But it is also an occasion to assess...Show More Summary
Military Plans Would Put Women in Most Combat Jobs
Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.
When "I" or "We" Speak Clearly, and When "We" Don't
The following slides are from Document One - Maritime Strategy Presentation (for the Secretary of the Navy, 4, November 1982) that can be found in Newport Paper #33 U.S. Naval Strategy in the 1980s: Selected Documents, edited by John B. Show More Summary
North Carolina Sheriffs On Purchasing And Carrying Weapons
Via David Codrea, N.C. Sheriffs on purchasing weapons: The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA) is pressuring both House Speaker Thom Tillis (R, Mecklenburg, GRNC ) and NC Governor Pat McCrory (R, GRNC-) to oppose GRNC’s repeal of the antiquated pistol purchase permit system that has been in place since 1919. As part of omnibus gun [...]
Edward Snowden And His Secrets
USA Today (via WRSA): When a National Security Agency contractor revealed top-secret details this month on the government’s collection of Americans’ phone and Internet records, one select group of intelligence veterans breathed a sigh of relief. Thomas Drake, William Binney and J. Kirk Wiebe belong to a select fraternity: the NSA officials who paved the [...]
Ms. Magazine Does Guns
Ms. Magazine: My hands are shaking; my adrenaline is surging. No, it’s not from the latte I just inhaled or because this is the first time in two years I’ve been in a Starbucks since declaring a boycott on its open-carry gun policy. What’s got me jittery this morning is the 9mm Glock that’s holstered [...]
Hundreds of Classified Leaks Under Review by IC Inspector General
Hundreds of cases of unauthorized disclosures of classified information were under review by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Intelligence Community as of last year, according to a 2012 report that was recently declassified. “The Investigations Division [of the IC Office of the Inspector General] is reviewing 375 unauthorized disclosure case files,” [...]Show More Summary
