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'We Have No Idea What Is Going On': The Surprising Limits Of Our Iran Intelligence

About ten days after the start of Iran's insurrection, I asked a senior administration official what, if anything, the White House knew about the people behind the demonstrations. His reply: "I think it is fair to say senior administration officials ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  29 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Hezbollah,  White House,  Mir-Hossein Mousavi,  Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,  International Atomic Energy Agency

Obama's War On Terror: Why He Will Disappoint Both Sides Of The Torture Debate.

Dick Cheney is never known for his good cheer, but, when Politico interviewed him recently, he sounded especially dour on the subject of Barack Obama's intentions vis-a-vis counterterrorism. In what seemed like a direct slap at the new president, ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  16 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Dick Cheney,  Central Intelligence Agency,  Al-Qaeda,  Leon Panetta

Don't Be Fooled By The Status Of Forces Agreement--We're Not Leaving Iraq Anytime Soon

When it comes to Iraq, "withdrawal" seems to be the word of the day. In Washington, the incoming administration has revived the Obama campaign's 16- month timetable for removing combat troops from Iraq. At his press conference on Monday, for example, ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  17 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  The Pentagon,  Robert Gates,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barry McCaffrey

Will James Jones And Hillary Clinton Butt Heads Over Middle East Policy?

What will be Barack Obama's policy towards the Middle East? During the campaign, this was a question that flummoxed partisans of both the Israeli and Palestinian causes. There was enough conflicting evidence of his intentions to lead everyone to ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  27 Nov 2008
Related Topics: General James L Jones,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  White House,  George W. Bush,  The Pentagon

What Jihadists, Islamists, And Other America-Haters Are Saying About The Obama Victory

The election of Barack Obama has filled the cable networks with images of Kenyans dancing in the street and Australians breaking down into tears of joy. But there's one group of foreigners whose reactions haven't received much attention: the ones that ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  11 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Al-Qaeda,  Hamas,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Rahm Emanuel

TNR EXCLUSIVE: The Bush Administration Has Dramatically Escalated The Fight Against Al Qaeda--With Serious Implications For An Obama Administration.

On Sunday, U.S. helicopters accompanied by a special forces team struck in Sukkariyeh, Syria, just over the border from Iraq. It was a raid with enormous implications for the war in Iraq and the broader war on terror. The target of the raid was a man ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  29 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  David Petraeus,  Sean Connery

How The Powell Doctrine Explains The Powell Endorsement

John McCain says that he wasn't surprised by Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama. Nobody should be. Powell has broken ranks in his own inimitable style. For years, he has tried to distance himself from the administration. But he would rarely ...

From ELI LAKE, The New Republic,  20 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Colin Powell,  Dick Cheney,  John McCain,  Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton

5th U.S. Fleet Seeks Action Over Piracy

WASHINGTON America's 5th Fleet is appealing to the world's navies and law enforcement agencies to step up their response to a spike in incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. HOSTILE The MV Centauri, one of the three pirated cargo ...

From ELI LAKE, The New York Sun,  30 Sep 2008

Bin Laden's Son Makes Return to Pakistan

WASHINGTON Al Qaeda is consolidating its leadership in the territory under its control in Pakistan. Osama bin Laden's son and heir apparent, Sa'ad bin Laden, has returned to Pakistan from his safe haven in Iran, according to messages posted on a Qaeda ...

From ELI LAKE, The New York Sun,  29 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden

U.S Shrugs At N. Korea Nuclear Move

WASHINGTON North Korea's decision to reactivate a nuclear plant in Yongbyon that it shuttered earlier this year is meeting with little more than a shrug from the Bush administration, which is working desperately to secure the $700 billion it is ...

From ELI LAKE, The New York Sun,  24 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Kim Jong-il,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress,  United Nations,  White House

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