Posts Tagged: James Clapper
US Intelligence Community Leaders Petition Against Easing of Convicted Spy Jonathan Pollard’s Parole Conditions
Leaders of the US intelligence community have petitioned against easing the parole conditions of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, on the grounds that doing so would...
State-Run Egyptian Paper and Others Question What Clinton Knew About Muslim Brotherhood
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails suggest that she may have known about connections between the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and hardcore jihadist groups such...
Administration Insider Says Obama Lying About ISIS Warnings
Daily Mail - President Barack Obama's intelligence briefings have provided him with specific information since before he won re-election in 2012 about the growing threat...
U.S. Intel Chief Says Iran Can Build, Deliver Nukes
JNS.org - Iran's ability to create missiles with nuclear warheads is currently more dependent on the "political will" of the country's leadership than on closing technological...
U.S. to Release Report Justifying Strike in Syria
CBS News - President Barack Obama called his national security team together Saturday to talk about the next move in Syria. Director of National...
The United States of Securitopia
How bad is the administration's defense of its just revealed telephone and internet surveillance programs? Pretty bad. Mind you, that question does not address the programs themselves....
U.S. Official Warns Against Syrian Chemical Weapons
A U.S. intelligence official said that Syrian president's Bashar al-Assad's regime is crumbling, which may force the country's "increasingly beleaguered" government to use chemical weapons...
Opposition Leader: Obama Administration Downplayed Brotherhood Warnings
The Obama administration chose to listen to voices suggesting that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood was moderate rather than those who warned it would resort to violence...
Growth of Al-Qaida in Syria Increases Chances of Chemical Weapons Attack in Europe
Joby Warrick, The Washington Post's correspondent who specializes in intelligence, wrote a story on Dec. 3 about how the Syrian rebellion was already spilling over...
America’s Credibility Problem with Iran
In recent weeks, Iran has been ratcheting up pressure on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), accusing its inspectors of spying and sabotage, and threatening...
Iran Must Be Stopped
Recent advances in Iran's nuclear weapons program show that events are moving extraordinarily swiftly, as Tehran nears the end of its decades-long quest to possess ...
P.T. Barnum and the Seoul Nuclear Talks
Heads of state and foreign ministers from 50-plus countries will gather next week in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss the threat of nuclear terrorism,...
US Intelligence Chief Warns of Iranian Attack on American Soil
In remarks on Tuesday morning to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr. said that a recent Iranian backed plot...
Muslim Brotherhood Realities New and Old
The votes still aren't fully counted in Egypt, but the Obama administration has seen enough to reverse long-standing and well-rooted policies to shun ...
