Dafna Linzer writes at Propublica that the review process for detainees at Guantanamo is “painstakingly slow”. She also writes this little tidbit of information: Officials with knowledge of that work said it has become complicated by a federal court ruling in April to give some detainees held by the military…
The New York Times reports: The Obama administration’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan told allies on Saturday that the United States was shifting its drug policy in Afghanistan away from eradicating opium poppy fields and toward interdicting drug supplies and cultivating alternative crops. “The Western policies against the opium…
In a post entitled “Iran and Leftist Confusion” on the blog DownWithTyranny, journalist Reese Erlich writes that some authors have cited him “as a source to prove U.S. meddling” in the Iranian presidential election. In his response, he includes my article “Has the U.S. Played a Role in Fomenting Unrest…
Here’s an old one that’s been resurrected once more. The New York Daily News says that Saddam Hussein “bluffed” about having WMD in an article entitled, “Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein bluffed about WMDs fearing Iranian arsenal, secret FBI files show“: The FBI interrogations of the toppled tyrant – codename…
I wrote an extensive piece on the standard operating procedure of the U.S. government to support dissident groups and expatriate or exile communities opposed to foreign governments the U.S. looks unfavorably upon. The article focused on U.S. support for Iranian opposition groups, including for terrorist groups like the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK),…
Following the announcement of victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his main opponent Mir Hossein Mousavi in Iran’s presidential election on June 12, the country erupted in turmoil as supporters of Mousavi flocked to the streets to protest what they claimed was a fraudulent election, while state security and militia forces…
In his speech in Cairo last Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama noted that the “situation” between Israel and Palestinians was a “major source of tension” that must be addressed. His addressing of that issue began with a reemphasis of “America’s strong bonds with Israel”, which “is unbreakable.” The “aspiration for…
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