“Best Practices” in Crafting National Security Strategy— Reflections and a Case Study
Rising threats are driving major democracies to reassess their national security strategies.
Scooter Libby
Weathering International Criticism, GHF Continues Aid Distribution Operation in Gaza
Thousands of Food Boxes Distributed to Gazans: The U.S.-Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) announced on May 28 the opening of a new secured site for humanitarian...
Flash Briefs
Don’t Fall for the New Syrian Regime’s Claims of Moderation
HTS’s membership rolls and track record do not inspire confidence that the group will lead to a free, inclusive, and prosperous Syria.
Op-eds
How a modern Lend-Lease could help save the South China Sea
A modern US-Philippines Lend-Lease could be designated for joint civilian projects
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: June 24, 2024
Today’s Issue: | 401st Brigade Raids Hamas Training Sites in Rafah Area, Finding Weapons and Tunnel Shafts | Gazans Seeking Medical Treatment Abroad Will be Permitted to Leave Through Kerem Shalom Crossing...
Israel at War Situation Report
Joe Biden’s Gaza Pier Plan Runs Aground
Getting aid into Gaza is one thing; properly distributing it to those in need is another.
Op-eds
Turn-Key Alternatives to Replace UNRWA Immediately
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Memos
Once Upon a Time, U.S. Foreign Policy Worked
George H.W. Bush's administration was evidence of what the establishment was capable of.
Op-eds
Obama’s Classified Leaks Are Probably Not Prosecutable
In my post over the weekend about the folly of pushing for a special prosecutor on t...
Op-eds
Leaks and Lies
I once had a long discussion about leaks with Richard Helms, a thoughtful gentleman who steadfastly refused to reveal state secrets even when threatened with imprisonment. Helms was directo...
Op-eds
Vanity Fair Game
Filmmakers get to take dramatic license. Reporters really shouldn’t. But when it comes to Joseph C. Wilson IV and Valerie Plame, the mainstream media, as much as Hollywood, insist on market...
Op-eds
Don’t Investigate Pelosi — Debate Her
Wouldn’t it be nice if, just once, we learned from our mistakes? The beleaguered Bush administration has had a dreadful couple of years. Now, for the first time in recent memory, a...
Op-eds
Breach
Lewis Libby’s lawyers are quietly filing appeals while President Bush privately ponders arguments for and against a pardon. But now is not the time for this controversy to fade away. Now is...
Op-eds
Libby Trial Reveals Media Hypocrisy
The newly eventful jury deliberations are grinding ahead in the trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby. Simultaneously, the mainstream media is preparing its post-mortems. Libby, Vic...
Op-eds
Trial in Error
Could someone please explain to me why Scooter Libby is the only person on trial in the Valerie Plame leak investigation? Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald charged Vice President Che...
Op-eds
The Border-Patrol Two Deserve Jail
“Texans aren’t whiners,” Johnny Sutton told me. Still, forgive him if he sounds a bit frustrated. Sutton is the top federal law-enforcement officer in one of the nation...
Op-eds
The Culture of Obstruction
Imagine for a moment a public official of the highest order. He was a confidant of the vice president and the president. Entrusted with the most sensitive national defense information, he enjoyed...
Op-eds
The Libby NIE Leak: Much Ado about Nothing
The more one hears about Scooter Libby's being authorized to “leak” information from the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate, the more this is revealed as a bogus kerfuffle, manu...
Op-eds
Phoney Baloney
Miller and Cooper talk the talk, while walking over source confidentiality.
Op-eds
Arianna Judges Judy
Could Judy Miller have been the White House’s source?