CSP Daily Brief: Tuesday, July 30, 2013

CSP Daily Brief: 7/30/13

The Latest From the Center…

• Shariah Finance Watch: Yemen: Pay Zakat to the Government to Keep it Out of Terrorists’ Hands
• Shariah Finance Watch: Wikileaks: Popular Somali Money Transfer Mechanism Used to Fund Al Qaeda
• Shariah Finance Watch: Big Malaysian Telecomm’s Sukuk Downgraded
• Shariah Finance Watch: Conflict of Interest: Same Shariah Advisory “Bureau” Advises 22% of Insurance Companies in Saudi Arabia
• Shariah Finance Watch: Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)-Canada Fingered for Financial Support of Terrorism in Kashmir
• Shariah Finance Watch: Iran, Red China Bypass Sanctions Through Barter
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: E.M.P. vulnerability invites catastrophe

…and From our Colleagues

• James Woolsey and Peter Pry in Big Peace: Pass the SHIELD Act Now, Before It’s Too Late
• Gatestone Institute: Iran: Can Rouhani Deliver?

Secure Freedom Radio

• White House’s Pro-Islamist Allies Have Dangerous Levels of Foreign Policy Influence: with Zuhdi Jasser, Carina Tertsakian, Gordon Chang, Roger Noriega
• Secure Freedom Minute: Huma’s Inconvenient Facts

End the Benghazigate Cover-Up: E-Mail your Representatives and Senators and Demand they Form a Select Committee to Investigate

News

• Manning verdict today could test notion of aiding enemy
• House to hear long-sought testimony about Benghazi from task force chief
• US Furloughs Wreak Havoc on DoD Productivity
• Pentagon Likely to Reduce Furlough Days
• Senate Confirms Obama’s FBI Pick After Rand Paul Drops Fight About Drones
• Pay Raise, Sequester Cut Will Eat Army Budget, GCV At Risk: Gen. Odierno
• Lockheed, Pentagon reach deal on 71 more F-35s
• As Mideast talks open, Obama plays hands-off role…
• …finds He Has Limited Leverage
• Here’s What John Kerry’s Peace Settlement Will Look Like (Probably)
• Mali election is peaceful despite threats from al-Qaida group
• Gunmen kill eight as Tunisia slides toward political crisis
• Islamist Party Office Attacked as Libya Violence Surges
• Nigeria arrests 42 Boko Haram suspects in Lagos, Ogun
• EU to continue mediation efforts in Egypt, Ashton says at close of trip
• Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Iraq bombings
• Despite Gains, Leader of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Says Troops Must Stay
• Taliban Disguised As Policemen Broke 250 Prisoners Out Of A Pakistani Jail
• Philippines May Shift Warships To Ex-US Naval Base
• China’s Military Preparing for ‘People’s War’ in Cyberspace, Space

Commentary

• BLACKWELL: Welcoming Jihadis, Booting Christians
• EAGLEN: There’s a Storm Brewing in the Pentagon’s Budget
• EDITORIAL: Under Sequester, U.S. Giving Islamists $500 Million
• GAZIT: Releasing the prisoners, for all the wrong reasons
• HAMMES: Let Strategy Drive Procurement
• KRAMER: President Obama Should Skip Moscow and the Sochi Olympics
• MORAN: A Fight that Had to Happen

Hearings and Events of Note

• Tuesday, July 30, 9:30 am, Nomination (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Tuesday, July 30, 2:30 pm,  To consider the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013 (Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources)
• Tuesday, July 30, 2:15pm Business Meeting/Nomination (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Wednesday, July 31, 10:00am How to Improve the Efficiency, Safety, and Security of Maritime Transportation: Better Use and Integration of Maritime Domain Awareness Data (House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation)
• Wednesday, July 31, 2:30pm The Iran-Syria Nexus and its Implications for the Region (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa)
• Wednesday, July 31, 10:00am TSA Integrity Challenges: Examining Misconduct by Airport Security Personnel (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency and Subcommittee on Transportation Security)
• Wednesday, July 31, 10:00am Business Meeting (Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee)
• Wednesday, July 31, 2:00pm How Prepared is the National Capitol Region for the Next Disaster? (Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee)
• Wednesday, July 31, 2:00 pm, Oversight of DOE’s Strategy for the Management and Disposal of Used Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste (House Energy and Commerce Committee)
• Wednesday, July 31, 3:00 pm Where is Turkey Headed? Gezi Park, Taksim Square, and the Future of the Turkish Model ( Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs)
• Thursday, August 1, 8:00 am, Department of Defense’s Challenges in Accounting for Missing Persons from Past Conflicts (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, August 1, 10:00 am Initial Conclusions Formed by the Defense Strategic Choices and Management Review  (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, August 1, 3:30 pm Joint Hearing: Ensuring Navy surface force effectiveness with limited maintenance resources (House Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, August 1, 3:30 pm Subcommittee Hearing: The Impact of U.S. Water Programs on Global Health(House Foreign Affairs Committee)
• Thursday, August 1, 2:00 pm Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Examining the State Department’s Report on Iranian Presence in the Western Hemisphere 19 Years After AMIA Attack (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
• Thursday, August 1, 1:30 pm Subcommittee Hearing: The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Outlook and Opportunities (House Committee on Foreign Affairs)
• Thursday, August 1, 10:00 am Subcommittee Hearing: West Fertilizer, Off the Grid: The Problem of Unidentified Chemical Facilities (House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs )
• Thursday, August 1, 9:00 am  Hearing: Border Security Planning: Applying Overseas Lessons Learned to the Homeland (House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)
• Thursday, August 1, 9:30am Political Status of Puerto Rico (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
• Thursday, August 1, 10:30pm Mismanagement of POW/MIA Accounting (Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight)

Other Briefs

• Politico Morning Defense: 7/30/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 7/30/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 7/30/13
• AIA Daily Lead: July 29, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 7/29/13