Trading With The Enemy
As America grapples with a two-front challenge -- the global war on terror and the need to reinvigorate the U.S....
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Who’s Trashing Ashcroft?
(Washington, D.C.): If the New York Times is to be believed, Attorney General John Ashcroft has lost the allegiance of...
‘No Wei’: After Helping Iraq Target American Pilots, Huawei Targets American Consumers Via Wholly-Owned U.S. Subsidiary
(Washington, D.C.): Earlier this month, Huawei Technologies Company -- one of China's two largest telecommunications equipment suppliers -- announced plans...
Wall Street’s ‘Poisoned Apples’
(Washington, D.C.): In recent weeks, government officials, business leaders and market analysts have assured shell-shocked American investors that plummeting indexes...
Step Right Up: After Iran, Who Will Be Next To Float a Sovereign Bond To International Investors? Iraq?
(Washington, D.C.): After more than two years of preparation, Iran is finally slated to make its first foray in the...
Not-So-Brilliant: New York Stock Exchange Suspended Trading of Chinese Automaker Amid Troubling Revelations
(Washington, D.C.): In a growing scandal eerily reminiscent of that which derailed the New York listing of Bank of China...
FBI chief notes pro-terrorist strain in AMC; AMC exec again won’t denounce al Qaeda
As if recognizing that his subordinates didn’t do proper due-diligence work on the American Muslim Council (AMC) before committing him...
Sen. Thompson Seeks Mandate for Intelligence Community To Scrutinize Foreign Proliferators in U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the next few days, the U.S. Senate is expected to approve legislation requiring the U.S. intelligence community...
FBI Director Mueller urged to cancel June 28 address to pro-terrorist group
Unease is building about FBI Director Robert Mueller's planned June 28 address to a Muslim group whose leaders support international...
Global Investors Poised to Underwrite Terrorism: Iran returns to the Markets with 500 Million Eurobond; Will U.S. Buy In?
(Washington, D.C.): As the Casey Institute warned in its Perspective of July 14, 2000, Iran has now formally embarked on...
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...
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...