Tag: Intelligence
Stevenson’s army, October 22
-WSJ has extraordinary video analysis demonstrating Gaza rocket struck hospital.
– NYT reveals Ukraine commando raids in Crimea.
– WaPo tells how a woman rose to top ranks in CIA
– FP tells of small country intelligence operations
-WaPo tells how Israelis countered Russian info ops in Africa
– WaPo reports on Hamas military manuals
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Stevenson’s army, October 19
This from Dahlia Scheindlin and Yezid Sayigh is well worth listening to, even if 4 days old.
– Border crossing still closed.
– US denies Israeli reports that Biden promised to join fight against Hezbollah.
– But US may be pressuring Israel on ground war.
– US forces already facing drone attacks
– WaPo says Hamas may have surprise weapons.
– FT says Israel may follow lessons learned from earlier Gaza fighting
-Disputes over Gaza hospital deaths
– FP on Israel’s intelligence failure
– Possible outcomes of House speaker drama
– Biden chooses Kurt Campbell as Deputy SecState
– HuffPost warns of “mutiny” and dissent cable at State
– US & EU can’t resolve steel tariff fight
-I used to say the Ag committees, like the appropriators and armed services panels, could overcome politics to get bills done. Not this year, apparently.
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Stevenson’s army, October 14
– US & Egypt agree to temporary opening of border checkpoint.
– NYT reports what some Hamas fighters knew about their targets.
– Australia rejects indigenous referendum.
-NYT tells of Egyptian spies in DC.
-HuffPost says State limits Gaza terminology.
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Stevenson’s army, October 12
–None for Scalise right now; no full House session set.
[ I agree with Vox article that Congress is becoming too much like a parliament.]
– US said to be working with Egypt to get humanitarian corridor for Gaza.
-NYT says intelligence shows Iran surprised by Hamas attack.
– Administration notes Trump also allowed Iran to tap frozen assets.
– Amy Zegart examines Israeli intelligence failure.
– NYT describes the tactical failures.
– CBO says US military personnel are well paid compared to civilians.
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Stevenson’s army, October 8
I’m late with this as I was traveling yesteday, but still good:
– Clearly an intelligence failure by Israelis
– Failure of a policy to link Saudi Arabia and Israel
-Failure by Netanyahu, Haaretz argues
– Failure requiring new policies
– WaPo reports fear and shock
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Stevenson’s army, September 7
– Fred Kaplan analyzes the Tuberville mess — and has some quotes from me.
– The coach reacts
– US government debates whether to call Niger event a “coup”
– FT wonders which African country will have a coup next
– WSJ says DOD plans “vast AI fleet”
– NYT says China is building a network of basesChina
– Noah Smith, echoing Hal Brands, says China’s economic slowdown may make it more belligerent
– Lawfare reports poll of US views on intelligence community
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