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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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CRS Director’s Retirement Renews Old Questions

…director of the congressional support organization for the past 14 years, making him its longest-serving leader. Although the basic parameters of CRS operation are set by Congress, Mr. Mulhollan’s departure…

01.24.11 | 3 min read
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Sifting Through the Fallout from Wikileaks

The ongoing release of U.S. diplomatic communications by the Wikileaks organization is “embarrassing” and “awkward,” said Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates yesterday, but its consequences for U.S. foreign policy…

12.01.10 | 3 min read
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A Military Guide to Nongovernmental Relief Organizations

…newly updated “Guide to Nongovernmental Organizations for the Military” (pdf). When a devastating earthquake struck Haiti yesterday, several disaster relief organizations such as Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders were already…

01.13.10 | 2 min read
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Disclosure of TSA Manual Stirs Leak Anxiety

…prevent the continued publication of such material on non-governmental web sites (such as cryptome.org and wikileaks.org)? “How has the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration addressed the…

12.10.09 | 2 min read
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