The Next Day of Infamy’?
Bill Clinton would have said, I feel your pain. A phone call I received Sunday afternoon gave me a chilling...
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
The Buck Stops Here: Prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review Follows Terrorist Money To U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the war against terrorism, the Bush Administration has properly announced its determination to cut off the funding...
The Saudi ‘Deus ex Machiavelli‘
(Washington, D.C.): On occasion, theatrical productions of the ancient Greeks would end with a god being lowered onto the stage...
Where’s the Outrage?’ Tenet’s Man Can’t Conduct an Independent Intelligence Inquiry
Can House and Senate Intelligence Committees? (Washington, D.C.): There is one word for those who thought the House and Senate...
Cover Up: The Senate-House Investigation into Intelligence Failures to Be Run by George Tenet’s Long-time Subordinate
(Washington, D.C.): So much for a rigorous review of the policy and other failures that contributed to the U.S. intelligence...
Post-Mortem on ‘Pearl Harbor II’
(Washington, D.C.): Within the next few days, leaders of the House and Senate intelligence committees will set the date for...
Chinese Enron? Bank of China’s Planned New York Stock Exchange Listing Collides with Systemic Corruption Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): A $2-5 billion initial public offering (IPO) and New York and Hong Kong stock exchange listings of the...
Nexus between US-China security relations and America’s capital markets
The U.S.-China Security Review Commission (USCC) on Tuesday, October 2, published on its web-site (www.uscc.gov) a lengthy report prepared by...
The Casey Legacy: Go On Offense’ in the Intelligence War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): America's war on terrorism just got an important boost. It came in the form of a reminder by...
Chairman Wolf Serves Notice on the SEC’s Pitt –Important New Disclosure Guidelines Must Remain in Place
(Washington, D.C.): Shortly before Congress began its August recess, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee responsible for the Securities...
Why Would the Bush Team Eschew Use of Capital Markets Sanctions When a Potential Target Agrees They Would Work?
(Washington, D.C.): Notwithstanding mounting official U.S. concern about the devastating war the government of Sudan is waging against its own...
Robinson Wall Street Journal Op. Ed. Puts the Spotlight on Unwitting U.S. Investor Funding of Global Bad Actors’
(Washington, D.C.): Today's Wall Street Journal features an important op.ed. entitled "Are You Investing in Rogue States?" by Casey Institute...
Lukoil Punches Out of N.Y.S.E. for Fear of Public Opposition to Its Rogue State Relationships; Heads For London
(Washington, D.C.):(Washington, D.C.): On 29 June, the Financial Times reported that the Russian oil company Lukoil switched its upcoming share...
The Far Eastern Economic Review Illuminates the Global Implications Of Strengthened SEC Disclosure Requirements
(Washington, D.C.): The 21 June issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review featured an insightful article by Murray Heibert on...
Will China’s Rigged Capitalism’ Undo the W.T.O.?
(Washington, D.C.): As the People's Republic of China moves inexorably closer to becoming a member of the World Trade Organization,...
Dirty Business: China Ocean Shipping Company Allegedly Running Guns –and Who Knows What Else — to Cuba
(Washington, D.C.): A front-page article in today's Washington Times identified the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) as a key player...