From the NYT: Bush Decides to Keep Guantánamo Open
Here are the key section:
Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to […]

That judgment is apparently one of the conclusions of a new National Intelligence Estimate about Pakistan, according the McClatchy (New intelligence report says Pakistan is ‘on the edge’).
The NIE will apparently highlight several trends:

“The estimate says that the Islamist insurgency based in the Federally Administered Tribal Area bordering Afghanistan, the suspected safe haven of Osama […]

Bernard Finel and I published an op-ed today in Newsday examining the National Security consequences of the current economic crisis–and of national debt, in particular.  Take a look and let us know what you think.
National security: U.S. must put economics first
BY JAMES M. LUDES AND BERNARD I. FINEL
October 10, 2008–The financial crisis and how we respond to […]

ASP Adjunct Fellow Janne Nolan has a provocative series of recommendations for the next administration on the ConnectUS blog here.