National Intelligence Council

The CIA And WMDs: A Discussion Of The Damning Evidence

The New York Review of Books | Fulton Armstrong, reply by Thomas Powers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Why Intelligence Fails, Thomas Powers, Cia, George Tenet, Iraq War, National Intelligence Council, How They Got Their Bloody Way, Iranian Revolution, New York Review of Books, Wmds, Books News

The following letter, by a former US intelligence officer, was sent in response to Thomas Powers's review of Robert Jervis's Why Intelligence Fails: L...

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Assessing Obama's Foreign Policy: Guess Who Is Small Now?

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even a Roosevelt, a Kennedy or Reagan would have to deal with the reality that is facing Obama, in which domestic resistance and rising global challenges make it difficult for Washington to secure its military and economic hegemony.

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Mitt Romney's Foreign Policy Vision, in Need of Corrective Lenses

Frankie Sturm | Posted 05.25.2011

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The fact that economies in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere have grown since 1945 is not a sign of American decline. It's a testament to US leadership.

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The Charles Freeman Debacle

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Intelligence Council, Intelligence, Chas Freeman, Charles Freeman, Politics News

Freeman may be gone, but the rancor left behind by the gutting of his nomination will not go away quickly.

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Freeman On Resignation: "S--- Happens"

Marc Aminder | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday I recorded an episode of blogging heads with Brian Beutler on the subject of Charles Freeman. I took the position that, since Freeman had ma...

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Chas Freeman Out: Intel Chair Withdraws

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia resigned Tuesday from his new post as chairman of the National Intelligence Council following c...

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Obama Intel Chief Wants National ID System

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intelligence, National Intelligence Estimate, Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, National Intelligence Council, 9/11, Obama, 9/11 Commission, China, Chas Freeman Foreign Ties, Politics News

Freeman remarked that of 3 major changes to effectively combat terror, one was that "the United States should implement a national identity system, so we better know who is who."

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Joe Klein Defends Chas Freeman Against "Rabid" Jewish Opposition

Time | Joe Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've been loathe to join the argument about whether the veteran diplomat Chas Freeman should be hired to lead the National Intelligence Council. I don...

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The Crusade to Defeat Obama Intelligence Pick Hurts All Jews

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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The effort to force Obama to withdraw the nomination of Chas Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council is all about Israel.

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The Intelligence Community and Obama's Future

Scott Malcomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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One big question for the Obama years is whether our Western story can keep its coherence-- whether the affective decoupling of Europe and America under Bush was or was not a result of deep trends.

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Uncomfortable Thanksgiving: Obama, Prop 8, and My Marriage

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proposition 8, Middle East, Iraq War, National Intelligence Council, Thanksgiving, Sean Penn, Barack Obama, Harvey Milk, Gay Marriage, Foreign Policy, Politics News

This year the fear and bigotry that animated Proposition 8 in California has made this a strange Thanksgiving.

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US Intelligence Report: Internal Fighting Will Make European Union A "Hobbled Giant" By 2025

United Press International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Internal fighting is likely to make the European Union a "hobbled giant" by 2025, a U.S. intelligence report predicts. The National Intelligence Cou...

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Intelligence Report: US Can No Longer 'Call The Shots Alone'

Guardian | Julian Borger | Posted 05.25.2011

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The United States' leading intelligence organisation has warned that the world is entering an increasingly unstable and unpredictable period in which ...

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Intelligence Report: Say Farewell To American Supremacy

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Global warming could be a boon to Russia, a European country could be overrun by organized crime and the U.S. and its dollar could ...

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