National Security

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Ted Kennedy: A Lion for Nuclear Disarmament

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nonproliferation, Edward Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States, Sen. Kennedy, Politics News

In 2004, I had the honor of introducing Senator Kennedy as a keynote speaker at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. He was warm, gracious and generous.

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Support Our Troops: Combat Climate Change

Charles London | Posted 09.21.2009 | World

Displaced, vulnerable populations are a breeding ground for extremism and contribute to the instability and failure of states. Now, U.S generals say climate change acts as a "threat multiplier."

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Not Building the Afghan State, Protecting the United States

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Clearly, we would prefer the Afghan government take on this mission, but until they can do so themselves, in order to prevent more American civilian deaths, we must do it ourselves.

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Hagel Joining Intelligence Oversight Board Neglected by Bush, Obama

Frank Naif | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Brennan, Obama National Security, Central Intelligence Agency, Chuck Hagel, Intelligence Oversight Board, National Security, Piab, Politics News

Chuck Hagel, former Republican Senator from Nebraska, Vietnam veteran, and short-lister for various Obama national security cabinet posts, is soon to be named to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.

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California Dreaming: Driving on Sunshine

Kevin George | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Obama Environment, Energy Grid, Tesla Roadster, Plug-in Cars, Solar Panels, Environmentalism, Sustainability, Electric Vehicles, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Solar Power, Climate Bill, Gas Prices, Tesla Motors, Chrysler, Toyota Sales, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Obama National Security, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, General Motors, National Security, Hyundai, Toyota Prius, Electric Cars, California-Electricity, Us-Electricity-Grid, Battery Life, Gasoline, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Incentives, Chevy Volt Battery, Bmw, Battery-Powered Car, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gas Guzzlers, Green News

Bottom line, if your enthusiastic about EVs, this may be your time to plug-in and get involved. Find out for yourself why there's electricity in the air around EVs.

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Green News Report - August 11, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Is climate change a threat to national security?

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CIA Director Panetta: Reform Suffers for Bush Apparatchiks and Spy Chiefs

Frank Naif | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, National Security, CIA Torture, Obama Administration, Washington Post, Leon Panetta, Leon Panetta CIA, Torture, Politics News

Panetta's -- and Obama's -- instincts are correct when they promise to protect the CIA's rank and file from prosecution. But protecting the troops from prosecution is not the same as resisting accountability.

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U.S. Military Says We Need Action on Climate Now or We Will "Pay Later"

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Drought, Green Jobs, National Security, Bangladesh, Malaria, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Green News

The U.S. military, intelligence and diplomatic communities are to be commended for their forward-leaning approach to viewing global warming as a national security threat.

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Chemical Insecurity

Philip Radford | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Joe Biden Vp, Corporate Greed, Chemicals, National Security, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Chemical-Plants, Chemical-Products, Greenpeace, Dupont, Green News

Simple, inexpensive, and common sense changes, like substituting or reducing the amount of lethal gases stored on-site, would protect millions of people from harm.

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Cash for Nuclear Clunkers

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Russia, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, National Security, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cash for Clunkers, Start Treaty, Defense Spending, Nuclear Terrorism, Air Force, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics News

If Secretary Gates is looking to save money and make us safer, there is no better place to start than by eliminating the security liabilities we promote in our arsenal of nuclear clunkers.

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How Do We Be Safe?

John Graham | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Conflict Resolution, National Security, Injustice, Human Security, Caux Forum on Human Seccurity, Homeland Security, Foreign Policy, World News

"Human security" means far more than physically protecting people from the violence of wars and terrorist attacks. It means addressing the root causes of insecurity that are real seeds of violence.

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Why Is Retired Republican Senator John Warner Worried About Climate Change?

Jonathan Powers | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: National Security, Senate, Climate Change, Truman Project, John Warner, Green News

Senator Warner proved to be a tremendous messenger on the need for America to reestablish her leadership on climate change. We are lucky to have him on our side.

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Mohammed Jawad: Judge Orders Gitmo Detainee's Release

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo Bay, Obama, Mohammed Jawad, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Eric Holder, National Security, 9/11, Justice Department, Military Tribunals, Torture, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A judge ruled Thursday that one of the youngest detainees brought to Guantanamo Bay is being held illegally and must be released &n...

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Village Green: Security Measures Are Degrading the Urban, Architectural (and Human) Experience

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Architecture, Public Space, Urban Planning, Homeland Security, Cities, National Security, Politics News

One of the ways in which city life isn't what it used to be is that so much of what used to be public is no longer public. As a result, some of our humanity is lost, to say nothing of efficient travel.

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On Patriotism and Principle: An Open Letter to the President (aka "The GOP's Bridge to Anywhere But Here")

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Patriotism, Rush Limbaugh, Empowerment, Framing, Obama Press Conference, President Obama, Democracy, Obama National Security, Power, Barack Obama, World News, Dick Cheney, Foreign Policy, Torture-Apologist, Patriotism, National Security, Sarah Palin, People-Power, Glenn Beck, Global-Relations, Republican Party, Torture, Political Strategy, Republicans, Media, Gop, Politics News

Mr. President, talk to us directly. Tell us again why your election was only the first step, not the culmination, of a genuine movement to change the way we understand power, democracy, and our own roles in those phenomena.

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Justice Dept. Abandons Torture-Based Evidence In Gitmo Case

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Aclu, Doj, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, Obama, Justice Department, Eric Holder, Gitmo, Habeas Corpus, National Security, American Civil Liberties Union, Enhanced Interrogations, Mohammed Jawad, Torture, Politics News

The Justice Department informed a federal district court Wednesday that it was no longer seeking to rely on coerced and tortured evidence in the habea...

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Obama Faces First National Security Failure as Sotomayor and Health Care Hang in the Balance

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Last week's sustained cyber-attacks on some of our country's most sensitive government networks exposed how a country that lives by the technology can also perish by the technology.

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Obama's Weak Congress

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, White House, Politics, Intelligence, Bush Administration, Senate, Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, National Security, President Obama, Bush Legacy, Leon Panetta, Legislation, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, The New Republic, Walter Lippmann, Politics News

I fear a Congress that, while not so much parasitic, is so fearful of being attached to any of Obama's failures that it misses every opportunity to be a part of his successes.

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Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Preventive Detention, Mohamed Jawad, David Kris, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, President Obama, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, John Hutson, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Sen. Carl Levin, Robert Gates, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, World, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, House Committee on the Judiciary, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Capt. John Murphy, George Toscas, Federal Court, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics News

Lt. Col. Vandeveld said, "I simply could not in good conscience continue to work for an ad-hoc, hastily created apparatus whose evident resort to expediency and ethical compromise were so contrary to my own."

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Military Commissions: Government Flounders, As Admiral Hutson Nails Problems

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Preventive Detention, Department of Defense, David Kris, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Senate Armed Services Committee, US District Court, Justice Department, John Hutson, Barack Obama, World News, Military Commissions, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Bay, Federal Court, William J. Haynes II, Politics News

A legal quagmire that lacks legitimacy and maintains key policies of the Bush administration's "War on Terror" is almost too awful to contemplate.

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Mike McConnell: An American Spymaster on Cyberwar

Nathan Gardels | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike McConnell, Cybersecurity, National Security, South Korea, Cybercrime, Cyberwar, Politics News

One of America's top spymasters, Mike McConnell, spoke with me recently at his office outside Washington.

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North Korea: A Test for Progressives

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Obama North Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, North Korea Missile, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea, World News

North Korea poses a special test for progressives because unlike the invasion of Iraq, this time the United State is meeting the criteria previously posed by progressives.

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Headed for Cross-Strait Reconciliation?

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: China Taiwan, National Security, Economic Crisis, World News

Pragmatists can also be progressive. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is a case-in-point.

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Planes, Guns and Terrorists

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Terrorist Watch List, National Rifle Association, National Security, Rahm Emanuel, Terrorism, Nancy Pelosi, Gun Control, Gao, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Illegal Guns, Politics News

Should suspected terrorists be blocked from buying guns before they commit a violent crime? The gun lobby apparently doesn't think so.

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The Iron Triangle

Robert Koehler | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mainstream Media, War Planning, Defense Spending, Department of Defense, National Security, Politics News

The problem was not simply gaps or "lack of balance" in the reportage, but the utter lack of a larger context: some hint that military planners are accountable to more than themselves.

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