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Editor’s Note: The Pakistani people’s deep opposition to U.S. drone strikes against targets in Pakistan is common wisdom, and some observers see the associated anger as a major source of the country’s ra...
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Today’s Washington Post contains an interesting article about the backgrounds of the five released Taliban detainees entitled "Freed prisoners were battle-hardened Taliban commanders."
According to the ...
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Brookings held a great event this week, entitled: "The Allure of Normalcy: America’s Leadership in the World and President Obama’s Foreign Policy." It featured Robert Kagan on his impressive new essay in...
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Some wonderful (and quite NDAA-relevant) news, here reported by Talking Points Memo:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed and is back in U.S. custod...
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Let’s start this week with famous American expatriate, Edward Snowden, whose interview with NBC’s Brian Williams aired on Wednesday. Ben was "unmoved" by it, pointing to Snowden’s unwillingness to submit...
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No open session today, either; only an ex parte, in camera session between the court and prosecutors.
Which is to say: this week's hearing has come to a close, so far as Lawfare's coverage is concerned....
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As Ritika mentioned in yesterday’s news coverage of the Williams-Snowden interview, the latter claimed that he initially sought to alert NSA officials to his concerns---among other things by emailing the...
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Let’s give Edward Snowden his due: He did himself a lot of good in his interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, which aired last night. He presents well, coming across as earnest, thoughtful and intelligent....
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The ODNI Tumblr site today posted April 2013 e-mail correspondence between Edward Snowden and the NSA's Office of General Counsel---the only such correspondence NSA says it has found.
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We begin with coverage and analysis of President Obama’s speech at West Point yesterday.
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Did you know that we have not carried out drone strikes in Pakistan since 2013? A story from Ken Dilanian (now at AP) today does a nice job of laying out the many reasons why:
1. Fewer targets ("Many ...
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