"In coming years, President Obama will decide whether to deploy a new class of weapons capable of reaching any corner of the earth from the United States in under an hour and with such accuracy and force that they would greatly diminish America’s reliance on its nuclear arsenal."
U.S. Faces Choice on New Weapons for Fast Strikes - NYTimes.com
Why Were CIA Interrogation Tapes Destroyed?
"[I]f the public ever saw them, it would conclude that "enhanced interrogation" is just another name for torture."
What is more: "[W]hat's really too bad is that Durham hasn't been tasked with explaining the broader mystery of why, in the first place, the CIA is even interrogating prisoners of war. The 1947 National Security Act established the CIA as a civilian spy agency, not as some Pentagon backroom where you get to do things you don't want the American people to find out about."
Why Were CIA Interrogation Tapes Destroyed? Still a Mystery - TIME
What is more: "[W]hat's really too bad is that Durham hasn't been tasked with explaining the broader mystery of why, in the first place, the CIA is even interrogating prisoners of war. The 1947 National Security Act established the CIA as a civilian spy agency, not as some Pentagon backroom where you get to do things you don't want the American people to find out about."
Why Were CIA Interrogation Tapes Destroyed? Still a Mystery - TIME
The U.N.'s Investigation Into Benazir Bhutto's Death Hardly Says Anything New
But - '"Establishment," the U.N. is looking at you', says Huma Imtiaz of The AfPak Channel
U.S. military role in Pakistan Counterinsurgency
REUTERS: U.S. Special Operations Forces on a training mission in Pakistan are playing an expanded but largely unseen role in the country's counterinsurgency campaign, working with paramilitary units to 'hold and build' tribal areas as militants are cleared out. (U.S. military playing expanded role in Pakistan)
ME: U.S. military is flourishing in support role in Pakistan's counterinsurgency campaign. Where does that lead us?
ME: U.S. military is flourishing in support role in Pakistan's counterinsurgency campaign. Where does that lead us?
NYTimes' Wishlist for the Nuclear Security Summit
"The only way to prevent nuclear terrorism is to keep all nuclear materials under strict control. That will take strong and consistent leadership by Mr. Obama and like-minded leaders, beginning with strong commitments at this week’s summit meeting." NYTimes.com Editorial.
'India must make peace with Pakistan to stop terrorism'
"India should embrace Pakistan's call for a composite dialogue that puts all the issues -- including Kashmir and terrorism -- on the table." Huffington Post (blog) - NewsTrust.net.
Dawn Questions U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
"In order to protect the people from Taliban they would have to deploy the bulk of their forces in the cleared areas. This has defensive connotations. It would leave the initiative with the Taliban." DAWN.COM | Editorial.
Publish Post
'Robert Satloff doth protest too much'
"He knows that what I am saying is true; he just doesn't like anyone calling attention to the elephant in the room. Plus, he knows that plenty of other people can see the elephant too, and are beginning to realize that the lobby is pushing an agenda that is not in America's interest." On "Dual Loyalty" (2): A Response to Robert Satloff | Stephen M. Walt.
First Unclassified Nuclear Posture Review Released
"In what may be the Obama Administration’s single most significant reduction in national security secrecy to date, the Department of Defense this week published the first unclassified Nuclear Posture Review." Secrecy News.
Australia blocks shipment to Pakistan over weapons fears
"...GBC wanted to sell two atomic absorption spectrophotometers, which analyse liquid samples, to a Pakistani engineering firm but had been unable to convince Canberra they could not be used to analyse metals used for centrifuges and missiles." AFP.
CIA victim said to have rescued Karzai
"The only prisoner known to have died in the CIA's network of secret prisons once rescued Hamid Karzai, wading through rocket and small-arms fire to take the wounded future president to safety in Pakistan, according to his brother and former associates." Yahoo! News.
U.S. Approves Targeted Killing of American Cleric
“We take direct actions against terrorists in the intelligence community,” [director of national intelligence, Dennis C. Blair] said. “If we think that direct action will involve killing an American, we get specific permission to do that.” NYTimes.com:
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