I’ve written about this before, but this is a good time to revisit the issue.  From today’s NYT: 1 in 7 Freed Detainees Rejoins Fight, Report Foun:
An unreleased Pentagon report provides new details concluding that about one in seven of the 534 prisoners already transferred abroad from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has [...]

Today, the American Security Project released an interim update as part of its ongoing “Are We Winning?” study, which found several discouraging trends, including an increase in worldwide Islamic violence and a dampening of the so-called “Obama Effect” in the Muslim world, among other issues.
Click here to listen to audio of a conference call held [...]

Blogger Andrew Sullivan has likened torture to a cancer on America’s democracy, that “metastasizes quickly and poisons everything it touches.” Today’s Washington Post has a story about likely investigations in Europe of torture during the Bush Administration:
European prosecutors are likely to investigate CIA and Bush administration officials on suspicion of violating an international ban on [...]

Interesting story from today’s Washington Post: U.S. Could Hit N. Korean Missile, Says Commander
The article begins:
There is a “high probability” that the United States could knock down a North Korean missile aimed at this country, the Pentagon’s military commander for the Pacific told Congress yesterday.
This conclusion is debatable actually, though intercept tests of the Ground-Based [...]

American Security Project Senior Fellow Bernard Finel recently took part in an online discussion hosted by the Cato Institute.  The discussion, entitled “Keep Calm and Carry On: How to Talk about Terrorism,” focused on how to talk about terrorism, how to evaluate risks, and how craft sensible public policy even under the intense pressure of [...]

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 [...]

Bush Administration May Leave Al Qaeda Entrenched
Terrorism Becomes Routine in India
Concerns that Funding for DHS is Leaving Others Short
Jihadist Training Camps in Pakistan

Gates Warns Against Increasing Militarization of US Foreign Policy
Congressional Investigators Report Homeland Protection Programs In Disarray
US Sends Envoy to Talks with Iran

Mullen Says Stop Loss Will Continue
Israeli Cabinet Votes for Truce in Gaza
Afghanistan Seeks $50 Billion in Financial Assistance
Congressional Computers Targeted by Foreign Hackers
Top Secret Intelligence Files on Al Qaeda Left on UK Train
Commentary: Laura Bush Reports on Afghanistan
Commentary: Outsourcing Interrogation

 
Crossposted from The HuffingtonPost.
According to several prominent analysts, we are making great progress in the “war on terror.” This claim is based on two trends. First, there has been some decline in the number of casualties from terror attacks over the past few years. Second, there is increasing debate within jihadist circles over the legitimacy [...]