Stevenson’s army, January 13

Too good to wait until tomorrow: Prof. Karlin and two other national security professionals have co-authored an article criticizing the interagency staff work (or whatever there was) to producing the option of killing Suleimani. I strongly agree with their call for a regular, disciplined process to improve policymaking.
A group of former press secretaries have co-signed a call for regular news conferences at the White House and other departments as necessary for democracy. I share their dismay at Trump administration avoidance of the nonpartisan news media.
The Hill reports that Congress is struggling to sort out rules for cyber warfare.
Already lawmakers have done good work in creating the bipartisan Cyberspace Solarium Commission. CFR had a good conference on cyber issues last week.

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