Country Intelligence and Analysis
Losing hearts and minds they never had By Clayton Swisher in Asia 82nd Airborne soldiers in Arghandab Photo by Tom Nicholson Fighting the Taliban in Arghandab – where much of its history is based – is like taking on the Italian Mafia in Sicily. As far as war goes in Afghanistan, it remains one of…
Neocons Hoping Israel Will Start a Fire the U.S. Will Be Forced to Put Out Justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening of the new Israel lobby campaign marked by the introduction of House resolution 1553 expressing full support for such an Israeli attack. What is important to understand about this…
A Palestinian woman sits outside houses damaged in an explosion in the central Gaza Strip Aug. 2, 2010. Hamas blamed Israel for the explosion, though the Israeli military denied involvement Militants allegedly in Egypt, launched several missiles into Israel Monday morning, joining a wave of violence between Israel and Gaza over the weekend that has…
Pablo Escobar liked to relax at Hacienda Napoles. Now it’s a tourist attraction
July 2010 Pirates sentenced in Seychelles
SCANDALOUS COVER UP The 92,000 American classified military documents released by WikiLeaks add to the evidence that Pakistan’s intelligence service backs the Taliban, to the point of helping the Taliban plan assassinations of American and Afghan officials. This raises the question: Who covered up a scandalous arrangement known to everyone with a casual acquaintance of…
On the trail of human trafficking By Siddharth Kara July 20, 2010 Siddharth Kara is a Harvard human trafficking fellow. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Siddharth Kara begins 10 week journey into South Asia. Will investigate issues of human trafficking and child labor. Kara will travel to urban and rural regions in several south asian countries Editors Note:…
WikiLeaks head steps out of the shadows By Richard Galant, CNN July 20, 2010 — Updated 1131 GMT (1931 HKT) Why the world needs Wikileaks STORY HIGHLIGHTS WikiLeaks.org founder Julian Assange makes rare public appearance He says the site has been overwhelmed by disclosures from whistle-blowers Assange said site has disclosed more classified documents than…
Daniel Craig as James Bond. When Ian Fleming wrote his thrillers, spies lived in an exclusive world. In the US, there’s nearly 1 million. In the cloak and dagger world of intelligence, the assumption fed by countless spy novels and TV dramas is that top-secret security clearance is restricted to an elite few known only…