In Jordan, Construction as Anti-Extremism
Shifting Policy Toward ‘Axis of Evil’
Buses Bombed in China
Limited Food, Water Forcing Tough Choices in the Middle East, North Africa
ETA Bombing in Spain

UK Can No Longer Rely on US Assurances on Torture, Panel Reports

Red Cross Reported US Methods Were Torture
US General Predicts Iraqi Army and Police Ready by mid-2009
Weighing Peace against Justice in Sudan
Falsified Image of Iranian Missile Tests

Commentary: Indecisive Policy Toward Iran
US Interrogation Tactics Modeled on Former Chinese Methods
Poll Shows Lessening Fear of Terrorism
France’s Terrorism Strategy Criticized by Human Rights Activists

North Korea Destroys Cooling Tower
Coalition Urges Torture Ban for National Security
Sri Lanka Makes Gains Against Tamil Tigers

Nice summary of recent developments on the torture front from Phillip Carter’s intelligence blog.
Oddly enough, I think we are missing a key issue in the discussion.  Much of the coverage of the torture issue has focused on the process by which it was authorized.  Much of the commentary has been either pro or against torture […]

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

Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Threatens Attack on Iran
Senate Report Concludes that Bush Exaggerated Intelligence on Iraq
Ambassador Crocker Says US is not Seeking Permanent Bases in Iraq
DHS will Reopen Inquiry into Extradition and Torture of Falsely Accused Canadian
Terrorist Dissatisfied with Courtroom Sketch, Unrealistically large nose
Signs of Successful Iranian Counter-Intelligence in Pentagon

Officer Says Trial of 9/11 Five is Tainted
Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Attack on Danish Embassy in Pakistan
Commentary: US Should Engage in Dialogue with Syria

FBI Reports of Abuse at Guantanamo Ignored by NSC
Tehran Moves to Block Access to Human Rights and Women’s Issues Websites
Gates Describes Serious Challenges to Closing Guantanamo
Special Operations Command Backs away from Wider Antiterrorism Role

Earlier this week, Susan Crawford, the official overseeing the military commission process at Guantanamo Bay, dismissed charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani–the man suspected of being the so-called “twentieth” hijacker on 9/11. 
It is not that the government believes he is not a threat.  Rather, Crawford determined, apparently, that prosecutors could not make their case without relying on […]