Tag: Intelligence
Stevenson’s army, October 6
– Politico draws attention to the important role the Commerce Dept plays in foreign policy, in particular in trade with China.
– David Ignatius sees hope for a deal over Yemen.
– CIA warns its informants abroad are being arrested and killed.
-WaPo explains why using reconciliation to suspend debt limit takes 1-2 weeks.
– Here’s report on HFAC hearing on Afghanistan our guest told about. And here’s a video with transcript.
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Stevenson’s army, September 12
– Stanford’s Amy Zegart says CIA post-9/11 has been too involved in military activities, weakening its core mission of avoiding strategic surprise.
– WaPo notes the new bipartisan duo working to reform US war powers laws
– Pentagon has regained control of 6% of IP addresses secretly given to Florida company.
– LA Times says US has removed Patriot missiles from Saudi Arabia.
– FBI released highly redacted report on Saudi involvement in 9/11 attacks. Just look at the redactions!
– Oversight: foreign policy committees hear from SecState Blinken on Mon & Tues in open sessions. SASC hears from Brown & Milley behind closed doors. Check out schedules.
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Stevenson’s army, August 26
News:
Biden meets with Israeli PM Bennett today.
NYT notes problems in recent intelligence sharing.
WaPo says Taliban seeks political deal to keep money flowing.
Reps. Moulton & Meijer now say they support Aug 31 deadline.
With no more military aid going to Afghanistan, Politico says lawmakers seek to grab the funds.
WSJ says US is conducting missions to get people to the airport in Kabul.
Opinions:
Another senior US officer [3 star] acknowledges mistakes in Afghanistan.
NYT says Pakistan is big winner in Afghanistan.
Pompeo has to answer to GOP on Afghanistan.
Media are overhyping Afghan fiasco.
Former officials say bring in the UN.
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Stevenson’s army, August 18
– Somebody is leaking intelligence reports showing that the IC warned of Afghan weaknesses.
– Others are describing the slow and confused process of planning withdrawal.
– The Special Inspector General has released a big “I told you so report” about problems with US assistance.
– Democratic chairmen plan hearings.
– Other Democrats join the chorus of criticism.
– Administration seizes Afghan accounts.
– Eliot Cohen reflects on his Afghanistan experiences.
– This analysis explains Taliban’s soft power offensive.
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Stevenson’s army, June 21
– FP writer says Raisi is more an opportunist than a hard-liner.
– Jonathan Swan of Axios interviews Pakistani PM, who warns about CIA and ducks questions about China.
-Jake Sullivan answers questions on many foreign policy topics.
– NYT’s Max Fisher discusses resilience of revolutionary regimes.
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Stevenson’s army, June 16
I’ll let the dust settle and the anonymous briefers dish before circulating comments on the Biden-Putin summit. But WaPo has an excellent story on the internal divisions in USG over Russia policy.
Defense One says NSC process has returned to “regular order.” [I hope so.]
NATO did call out China. And China returned the compliment.
Politico says DOD is considering permanent naval task force in Pacific.
Dan Drezner doubts US can implement a good industrial policy.
WOTR writers call for IC to give more attention to open sources.
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