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The Fallacy of Proven and Adaptable Defenses

…https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/R43116.pdf Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., “Trust, Not Tech, Big Problem Building Missile Defenses Vs. Iran, North Korea,” BreakingDefense.com, May 29, 2014,  http://breakingdefense.com/2014/05/trust-not-tech-big-problem-building-missile-defenses-vs-iran-north-korea/ http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/past-events/missile-defense-in-the-asia-pacific James E Goodby and Sidney D Drell, “Rethinking…

08.19.14 | 18 min read
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An Open Source Look at Iran’s Intelligence Ministry

…conspiracies deemed threatening, and maintaining liaison with other foreign intelligence agencies as well as with organizations that protect the Islamic Republic’s interests around the world,” the report states. See “Iran’s…

01.04.13 | 2 min read
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Some Comments on the “Withdrawal” of a CRS Report

…Policy Committee, as well as through FAS and elsewhere. But neither congressional Republicans who were angered by the report nor Democrats who were offended by its withdrawal have seen fit…

11.05.12 | 3 min read
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The Purpose of National Security Policy, Declassified

…a fascinating account that enlarges and enriches the public record of events of the time. Only last year, for example, a 1985 directive (NSDD-172) on “Presenting the Strategic Defense Initiative”…

10.17.12 | 3 min read
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Presidential Directives Withheld From White House Website

…have also helped to fill the void in public access. PPD 1 on the Organization of the National Security Council System was obtained from a confidential source shortly after its…

10.11.11 | 3 min read
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