Tag: Intelligence
Stevenson’s army, December 12
– Lawfare study finds Congress doesn’t know what it needs to about executive agreements.
– Also on Lawfare, an explanation and critique of new executive order on civil service.
– Former intelligence official has new suggestions for whole of government policymaking.
– Cong. Nunes is blocking intelligence authorization bill.
Atlantic writer notes election problems in red states’ equipment.
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Stevenson’s army, December 3
Too many moving parts right now: spending bills, stimulus package, NDAA, sect 230. But the SASC and HASC conferees are going ahead with their bill despite Trump’s veto threat.
Gen. Milley claims “modicum of success” in Afghanistan.
Axios says DNI will issue public warnings on China.
US is tightening visa rules on members of Chinese Communist Party.
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Stevenson’s army, December 2, late edition
Couldn’t wait til morning for these:
The House Calendar for 2021 is out. Here’s a story about it. And here’s the document.
FP reports on the fight to be HFAC chairman.
The administration is slashing the size of its embassy in Iraq.
A former official says CIA is losing people because of poor personnel management.
Dan Drezner sees Trump-Biden tug of war over foreign policy.
WSJ says China’s only US friend is Wall Street
CSIS has a list of popular but bad ideas.
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Stevenson’s army, November 12
Jonathan Swan of Axios says the firings and shuffling in the Pentagon may be the prelude to rapid troop withdrawals before the inauguration. Politico echoes that and adds efforts to put loyalists in the intelligence community.
While the simplest explanation may be revenge by the president, the maneuvering of people who couldn’t even be confirmed by a GOP Senate suggests a master plotter — NSA O’Brien?
WaPo notes the uneasy position these moves put CJCS Milley in.
NYT doubts a master plot, but also reports a recent clash between the new acting SecDef and SecState Pompeo.
This is not a good time for the national security leadership to be in such disarray.
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Stevenson’s army, October 31
538 has a simple map showing when we’ll likely have solid results in each state.
FP says China is still a big issue in the Montana Senate race.
NYT says Trump now takes PDB briefings only from political appointees.
WaPo notes that Trump has turned from critic to frequent user of executive orders.
Politico speculates that Biden would increase NSC staff from current 110 to closer to Obama’s 174.
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Stevenson’s army, October 29
DNI went beyond agreed language in saying Iranian election interference was to damage Trump.
Do the president and Justice Kavanaugh realize that their election day ballot deadline could prevent military ballots from being counted?
Insider Trump critic, “Anonymous,” has outed himself.
WSJ says US states face depression-level revenue crisis.
WaPo say administration has regularly attacked the civil service.
SAIS Prof Ed Joseph says Trump “lost the Balkans”
Breaking Defense says Congress has evaded earmark ban with Buy American provisions.
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