Tag Archives: national security
Punting National Security to the Judiciary
In a stunning display of political cowardice, the Obama administration has decided not to seek specific congressional authorization for a prolonged detention statute for Guantanamo Bay detainees deemed too dangerous to set free. This decision not only weakens U.S. detention policy, it will regrettably serve as an invitation to the courts to expand their role in national-security affairs — an area that is properly the province of the executive and legislative branches. Continue reading
Posted in foreign affairs, law
Tagged charles stimson, guantanamo, national security, obama, terrorism
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The Long Retreat
Our security will now depend on the kindness of strangers. Continue reading
Posted in foreign affairs
Tagged foreign policy, iran, mark steyn, national security, nuclear weapons
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A New Declaration of Independence
Judges don’t belong in the national-security business, so let’s get them out of it. Continue reading
Another Phony Scandal
Given their eight years of complaints about President Bush’s failure to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, and given President Clinton’s indignant insistence (against the weight of the evidence) that he absolutely wanted the CIA to kill bin Laden, one is moved to ask: What did Democrats think the CIA was doing for the last eight years Continue reading
Slow Roll Time At Langley
At the Central Intelligence Agency, it’s known as “slow rolling.” That’s what agency officers sometimes do on politically sensitive assignments. They go through the motions; they pass cables back and forth; they take other jobs out of the danger zone; they cover their backsides.
Sad to say, it’s slow roll time at Langley after the release of interrogation memos that, in the words of one veteran officer, “hit the agency like a car bomb in the driveway.” Continue reading
Posted in current events
Tagged cia, national defense, national security, terrorism, torture
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