CSP Daily Brief: May 21, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Shariah Finance Watch: CAIR Shills for Al Shabaab Terror Financiers
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Do You Feel Lucky? The Danger of EMP

…and From our Colleagues

• James Woolsey and Peter Pry in WSJ: How North Korea Could Cripple the U.S.
• Gatestone Institute: Switzerland: Multicultural Paradise?

Secure Freedom Radio

• The New Islamic Republic of America? with Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin
• Secure Freedom Minute: Space Weather
  

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

News

• Governor deploys Okla. Guard to assist after tornado
• WikiLeaks hearing focuses on classified evidence
• Human-Rights Groups Criticize Obama’s Meeting With Myanmar Leader
• Myanmar president pledges to press ahead with reforms
• Kerry says religious freedom is the right of every human being
• Investigators probe Boston suburb in Marathon bombing
• Threat from Within: U.S. military braced for surge in Taliban ‘insider’ attacks after recent statement
• Kerry To Help Ink $2.1B Defense Accord With Oman
• Another CR, More Sequestration Misery Coming: Top Budget Expert
• CIA Drones: Pentagon To Take Over Some Operations, Sources Say
• 3 N.Y.U. Scientists Accepted Bribes From China, U.S. Says
• Mali’s Woes: Terrorists just one problem facing arid African country
• Egyptian army in Sinai after suspected Islamists snatch soldiers
• Jordan keeps out Syrian refugees in border clampdown
• Syria names negotiating team for peace talks: sources
• Syria’s military shows unexpected resilience
• In Iran, disputes over foreign policy divide presidential candidates
• Air Defenses Activated: Iran purports to unveil sophisticated domestically produced air defenses
• UN urges Afghan government to adopt law on protection of women
• India and China boost border peace efforts
• Taiwan-Philippines dispute erupts after fisherman’s killing
• North Koreans release seized Chinese fishing vessel

Commentary

• COLUCCI: Obama’s Foreign Policy Dithering Proves Costly
• GREENFIELD: Radicals, Moderates and Islamists
• KAHLILI: Iranian Presidential Election Turning into a Circus
• KAZIANIS: America’s Anti-Access Nightmare Coming True
• KLEIN: Palestinians at U.N. Warn of ‘Consequences’ for ‘Apartheid’ Israel
• TAHERI: Falling for Moscow’s Syria trickery

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: 5/21/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 5/21/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 5/21/13
• AIA Daily Lead: May 20, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 5/20/13