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Monday, May 20, 2013

How Americans learned to stop worrying and love the drones

Andrew Rugg | February 14, 2013, 12:36 pm

Americans seem more and more comfortable with letting robots do their dirty work. Since 2002, Roomba has sold over 6 million iRobot vacuums, many in the US. Apple’s intelligent computer assistant, Siri, has listened to millions ask it all sorts … read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Yes, the CIA does still have ‘detention authority’

Marc Thiessen | November 14, 2012, 1:06 pm

A CIA spokesman recently denied claims the agency was holding prisoners at its Benghazi annex, declaring: The CIA has not had detention authority since January 2009, when Executive Order 13491 was issued. Any suggestion that the Agency is still in … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

Call it what it is: Terrorism in Egypt and Libya

Danielle Pletka | September 12, 2012, 10:08 am

Attacks against America in Egypt and Libya aren’t about free speech or the sanctity of the Prophet Mohammed. They’re about terrorism and leadership – or lack thereof. read more >

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Foreign and Defense Policy, Middle East and North Africa

The attacks in Libya and Egypt: Should America condemn free speech?

Sadanand Dhume | September 12, 2012, 5:41 am

Tuesday’s attacks on the US consulate in Benghazi and embassy in Cairo remind us how badly wrong liberal pundits were four years ago on the supposedly salutary effects of electing Barack Obama president. read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

5 reasons America isn’t better off than it was 4 years ago when it comes to foreign policy

Danielle Pletka | September 4, 2012, 11:36 am

Each reason alone is enough to cause the American people major headaches. Together, they make clear the case that our nation is less safe than it was four years ago. read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

Former Guantanamo detainee thought to be behind suicide bombing in Bulgaria was recaptured in 2009

Marc Thiessen | July 19, 2012, 12:51 pm

The Times of Israel reports: Bulgarian media on Thursday named the suicide bomber who blew up a bus full of Israeli tourists, killing five Israelis and a local bus driver, in the Black Sea resort of Burgas on Wednesday as … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

More New York Times interrogation ignorance

Marc Thiessen | July 10, 2012, 2:34 pm

In the New York Times book review this Sunday, Jonathan Mahler reviews two new books on al Qaeda: The Hunt for KSM by Terry McDermott and Josh Meyer, and Hunting in the Shadows by Seth Jones. His review contains this tidbit … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy

Lobbying for terrorists: More on the MEK

Danielle Pletka | July 6, 2012, 10:52 am

Today’s Washington Post has another in a long series of deeply troubling press pieces about the terrorist group Mujahedin e Khalq (MEK) and those who have sold their principles for a few thousand bucks to lobby for them. I wrote … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

Judicial restraint (at last) at the European Court of Human Rights

Gary Schmitt | April 11, 2012, 9:58 am

In the category of “even a stopped clock is right twice a day,” the European Court of Human Rights issued a unanimous decision yesterday that the extradition of five terror suspects from the United Kingdom to the United States could … read more >

Foreign and Defense Policy, Terrorism

4 reasons to welcome the $10 million U.S. bounty on Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

Sadanand Dhume | April 6, 2012, 11:34 am

In today’s Wall Street Journal, I write about the US decision to place Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder and emir of the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, on a list of wanted terrorists. The $10 million offered for information leading to … read more >

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