Stevenson’s army, November 14

-NYT deep investigation reveals DOD coverup of airstrike in Syria in 2019 with heavy civilian casualties, says strike was called by special operations unit and immediately challenged by other officers. Repeated appeals, ultimately to IG, led nowhere. SASC informed but took no known action. Sounds a lot like the Lavelle case discussed in class, but at least then SASC investigated.

– NYT also reports how Belarus enticed and equipped migrants to send to the EU border.

– WaPo says US is looking for a “third way” on Cuba policy.

– WaPo has an annotated copy of Glasgow text.

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