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All items tagged CIAOpen Think Tank ArticlesJanuary 7, 2010 | Terrorists Are Winning the Media WarAbbas Daiyar: The Taliban and al-Qaeda are achieving their goal of asserting a false sense of their strength, and are increasingly finding wider-outlets to disseminate their message. Furthermore, the US intelligence apparatus is failing to handle the situation. A strong local media campaign to counter that of the terrorists is urgently needed. ... MoreMay 12, 2009 | National Security Reform: Why it MattersJordan Michael Smith: Today an international conference in Washington will discuss how national security systems that predated many new threats such as terrorism and pandemics could be updated. To not do so would represent a systematic failure in government. ... MoreOctober 12, 2007 | Iran: Reframing the US Case for WarSeymour Hersh: The United States government is now focusing on the Islamic Republic’s role in international terrorism, especially in Iraq, rather than on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. The counter-proliferation effort is thus being redefined as a counterterrorism project. ... MoreGlobal Must Read ArticlesMarch 18, 2009 | Investigation Needed into New Torture ClaimsFurther allegations have been made to the International Red Cross concerning alleged torture of prisoners held in secret CIA prisons. ++The judgement of the Red Cross is very important as its status as a monitor of prisons around the world is based on “professionalism and impartiality.” ++ It March 5, 2009 | Americans Deserve "Truth and Accountability"This week has been shocking for the US. ++ First, the CIA revealed that it had destroyed 92 tapes of interrogation and thus, possible torture evidence, reminding Americans of the Bush abuses. ++ Second, the release of legal documents from the Justice Department reminded them that their new President will restore transparency. ++ The proposal to hold a “bipartisan inquiry” to ... MoreFebruary 5, 2009 | Russia As New Supply Line to Afghanistan? No ThanksA recent Taliban bridge bombing in Pakistan which cut off supply lines to NATO forces in Afghanistan has once again highlighted the vulnerability of passing through Pakistan. ++The US is, however, running out of luring alternatives; considering Russia as a substitute would require the US “to pledge that it will respect the Russian sphere of influence in the former USSR,” a guarantee Obama is ... MoreJune 26, 2008 | The Troubling Role of Europe in RenditionEuropean States have been quick to criticize America’s practices but have themselves played a role in many renditions and secret detentions. ++ European airports and airspace have repeatedly been used by CIA flights headed for rendition curcuits. ++ In addition, several secret detention centers are located throughout Europe. ++ EU governments have been in denial of their involvement for too long. ... MoreMay 29, 2007 | Julianne Smith Briefs Congress on Rendition's Toll on Transatlantic RelationsJulianne Smith, Director of the Europe Program at CSIS and Member of the Advisory Board of the Atlantic Initiative, warns the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs that America’s liberal use of extraordinary rendition is eroding trust across the Atlantic. Allowing unfavorable European public opinion to dictate American policy would be a mistake, but the US must view its intelligence and ... MoreCommentsJanuary 31, 2009 | Afghanistan's majority population are the...January 11, 2009 | In a mammoth piece of journalism the NYT... |
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