Tag: Intelligence

Stevenson’s army, October 19

This from Dahlia Scheindlin and Yezid Sayigh is well worth listening to, even if 4 days old.

Border crossing still closed.

– US denies Israeli reports that Biden promised to join fight against Hezbollah.

– But US may be pressuring Israel on ground war.

– US forces already facing drone attacks

– WaPo says Hamas may have surprise weapons.

– FT says Israel may follow lessons learned from earlier Gaza fighting

-Disputes over Gaza hospital deaths

– FP on Israel’s intelligence failure

– Possible outcomes of House speaker drama

– Biden chooses Kurt Campbell as Deputy SecState

– HuffPost warns of “mutiny” and dissent cable at State

– US & EU can’t resolve steel tariff fight

-I used to say the Ag committees, like the appropriators and armed services panels, could overcome politics to get bills done. Not this year, apparently.

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Stevenson’s army, October 14

– US & Egypt agree to temporary opening of border checkpoint.

– NYT reports what some Hamas fighters knew about their targets.

– Australia rejects indigenous referendum.

-NYT tells of Egyptian spies in DC.

-HuffPost says State limits Gaza terminology.

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Stevenson’s army, October 12

None for Scalise right now; no full House session set.

[ I agree with Vox article that Congress is becoming too much like a parliament.]

– US said to be working with Egypt to get humanitarian corridor for Gaza.

-NYT says intelligence shows Iran surprised by Hamas attack.

– Administration notes Trump also allowed Iran to tap frozen assets.

– Amy Zegart examines Israeli intelligence failure.

– NYT describes the tactical failures.

– CBO says US military personnel are well paid compared to civilians.

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Stevenson’s army, October 8

No one better than Shibley to listen to.

I’m late with this as I was traveling yesteday, but still good:

– Clearly an intelligence failure by Israelis

Failure of a policy to link Saudi Arabia and Israel

-Failure by Netanyahu, Haaretz argues

– Failure requiring new policies

– WaPo reports fear and shock

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He’s good on MSNBC too.
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Stevenson’s army, September 7

– Fred Kaplan analyzes the Tuberville mess — and has some quotes from me.

– The coach reacts

– US government debates whether to call Niger event a “coup”

– FT wonders which African country will have a coup next

– WSJ says DOD plans “vast AI fleet”

– NYT says China is building a network of basesChina

– Noah Smith, echoing Hal Brands, says China’s economic slowdown may make it more belligerent

– Lawfare reports poll of US views on intelligence community

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Stevenson’s army, August 26

It’s all over, says Charlie Cook. Trump will be the GOP nominee.

– WaPo still does some fact-checking on other presidential candidates.

– Georgetown SFS group has recommendations to improve US diplomacy.

– NYT has declassified US intelligence report on Russian influence operations in US & Europe.

-Pentagon protested false Fox report

Singer protests GOP use of his song.

– Economist lists important books for read for IR and offers candidates for Great American Novel.

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