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 [...]

FBI counterterrorism division severely understaffed
Commander in Iraq Claims AQI Never Weaker
Audit Reports that Overal FBI Treatment of Detainees Not Harsh

The Army Gets a Skeptics Corps
FBI-ATF Squabbles a Threat to National Security, Argue Senators
Global Warming Not to Blame for Increased Hurricanes

Emergency Notifications via Text Message and Other Developments in Homeland Security

Political Parties with Militias to be Excluded from Elections in Iraq

Still No Peace for Kenya

No Explanation for Postponing Iran-UN Nuclear Talks

Commentary: Debate Over Iraq War Within the Pentagon