CSP Daily Brief: May 20, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Do you feel lucky? The danger of EMP.
• Adm. James Lyons in the Washington Times: Dereliction of duty
• The Americas Report: Brazil and the Bolivarian Revolution
• Shariah Finance Watch: Egypt’s Shariah-Compliant Bond law approved
• Shariah Finance Watch: Islamic Bank of Britain Promotes Zakat
• Shariah Finance Watch: Uzbek Man arrested in Idaho on Material Support of Terrorism Charges
• Shariah Finance Watch: NYPD busts Cigarette Bootlegging Ring Tied to Jihad

…and From our Colleagues

• Gatestone Institute: Future Russian Strategic Challenges
  

Secure Freedom Radio

• Anti-Americanism Running Rampant Throughout the United Nations: with Bill Gertz, Roger Noriega, Elaine Donnelly, Claudia Rosett
• Secure Freedom Minute: Obama and Benghazigate

Join us for the 2013 Freedom Flame Dinner on June 6 as we honor Allen West and Richard Scaife

News

• Obama to give counter-terrorism speech Thursday
• Susan Rice, likely NSC head, had string of failures in Africa before Benghazi
• Week Ahead: House dives into defense spending bills
• DoD Examines 3 Budget-Cut Scenarios
• Military expert: Boston bombing ‘not an anomaly’
• Dagestan’s Bitter Shadow War, Fought by ‘Many Tsarnaevs’
• Russia Expels Former American Embassy Official
• 24 killed in rebel vs army battle in South Sudan
• Security beefed up in Egypt Sinai after kidnapping
• Iran claims it hanged CIA, Mossad spies
• Iran claims new air defense missile system
• Report: Syria has missile batteries aimed at Tel Aviv
• Syria’s Bashar Assad: I’m not stepping down
• Wave of attacks kills at least 57 in Iraq
• Anti-Taliban official killed in Afghan bombing
• North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles into Sea of Japan in ‘Protest’
• China Urges North Korea to Free Fishermen

Commentary

• FONTOVA: State Department Goes All Out To Protect Terror-Sponsor
• HIATT: Obama’s turn inward poses risk for U.S. interests abroad
• RODMAN: The Pentagon’s Bad Math on Sexual Assault
• RUBIN: The Region: Where does Israel’s greatest threat lie?
• SHOEBAT: Islam Vs. Islamism: A Case for Wishful Thinkers
• YOUSSEF: The bipartisan folly of our Islam delusion

Hearings and Events of Note

• Thursday, June 6, 6:30 Freedom Flame Award Dinner 2013 (Center for Security Policy)
• Tuesday, June 11, Legislative: Subcommittee Markups (Senate Armed Service Committee)
  • 9:30 a.m. Subcommittee on Airland
  • 11:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
  • 2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Personnel
  • 3:30 p.m. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
  • 6:00 p.m.  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
• Wednesday, June 12, 9:30am Subcommittee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower)
• Wednesday, June 12, 2:30pm Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Thursday, June 13, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Friday, June 14, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
• Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth)

Other Briefs

• Politico Morning Defense: 5/20/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 5/20/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 5/20/13
• AIA Daily Lead: May 17, 2013