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The Faces of those "Rabid Dogs"
We want leaders who are not only smart but who care about other people. Now, at the same time, we must balance safety against just being a humanitarian. For instance, if there’s a rabid dog running aro... -
Rand Paul and Refugees
Senator Rand Paul has offered this amendment in the Senate today. It speaks for itself. -
ISIS and the DMCA -- A Thought Experiment
As Bobby has reported, one of the fascinating outgrowths of the Paris attacks is the declaration of war on ISIS that came the other day from Anonymous. Bobby mused on the intelligence value of identifyi... -
Anonymous vs ISIS Online: Pondering the Intelligence Impact of Social Media Takedowns
In a video posted to Youtube a few days ago, the hacker collective Anonymous proclaimed it would go after ISIS in response to the Paris attacks, in a campaign labeled #OpParis (there's an official twitte... -
Russia and ISIS and International Law
Russia now says that it believes that ISIS was behind the crash of a commercial Russian aircraft, Metrojet 9268, over the Sinai desert on October 31 which killed the 224 people on board. Like the Paris ... -
Three Thoughts on Refugee Resettlement Federalism
Every hour, it seems, another governor is finding the nearest microphone to proclaim that, after Friday's barbaric attacks in Paris, none of the 10,000 Syrian refugees that the federal government still p... -
CIA Director John Brennan Speaks at CSIS
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Jihadology Podcast: Emergency Pod: Background on The Paris Attacks
In light of the recent attacks in Paris, Timothy Holman comes on the show to discuss the history of French and Belgian jihadi networks. Some of the topics covered include: -
Five More Transfers from Guantanamo
Here's the Pentagon's accouncement: The Department of Defense announced today the transfer of Ali Ahmad Muhammad al-Razihi, Khalid Abd-al-Jabbar Muhammad Uthman al-Qadasi, Adil Said al-Hajj Ubayd al-Bu... -
France Needs a 9/11 Commission-Style Investigation
We do not know yet why three coordinated teams of terrorists were able to plan and execute the worst act of political violence on French soil since World War II. There are serious questions that need to ... -
State of Emergency: How the Paris Attacks Expanded France’s Police Powers
On Friday night, as attacks now attributed to ISIS unfolded across Paris, French President François Hollande declared a nationwide state of emergency. This marks the first time since the Algerian war of ... -
The Global War on ISIL and Its Associated Forces
For more than a decade we have had controversy and debate with respect to whether there is indeed an armed conflict between the United States and al Qaeda, whether any such conflict applies without geogr...
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