CSP Daily Brief: Monday, July 15, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: If the Senate Goes Nuclear
- Press Release: Janet Napolitano, Looking for “Violent Extremists”
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- The Peril of Chinese Nuclear Proliferation: with Rosemary Jenks, Reggie Littlejohn, Fred Grandy, Bill Gertz
- Secure Freedom Minute: Eric Holder Must Go
News
- Snowden Docs Contain NSA ‘Blueprint’ — an ‘Instruction Manual’ for Agency’s Inner Workings — Guardian Journalist Says
- N.S.A. Leaks Revive Push in Russia to Control Net
- McCaul: U.S. should intensify efforts to get Snowden
- Manning trial judge hearing dismissal arguments
- German spies made use of U.S. surveillance data
- Egypt Freezes Assets of Brotherhood Leaders
- U.S. Steps Up Public Diplomacy in Egypt Crisis
- Three killed in attack on bus in Egypt’s Sinai
- Nigerian activists: Arrest Sudan leader for crimes
- Netanyahu won’t say whether Israel attacked Syrian port
- Crash Cripples Israeli Fighter Fleet
- UN General Assembly Criticized for Anti-Israel Resolution: Syria-led resolution calls for Israel to pay $1.1M fine
- Meet the 28-year-old pushing the US toward greater intervention in Syria
- ‘Declaration of War’: Syrian Rebels in a Bloody Fight with…Each Other
- Turkish Firms May Lose Contracts After Egypt Ouster
- Officials: 5 Taliban killed in NATO airstrike
- US access to AFP bases key to Philippines defense
- Bangladesh Islamist Ghulam Azam found guilty of war crimes
- Koreas fail to reach deal on Kaesong after fresh talks
- China Naval Fleet Seen Off Northern Japan
- Japan PM Shinzo Abe on track for hefty election win
- Bolivia’s Evo Morales claims the U.S. hacked into his email; he won’t use it now
Commentary
- ALEXANDER: Napolitano Leaving DHS Under Cloud of Suspicion
- BEN-MEIR: Is Islam Compatible With Democracy?
- DESAI: 2014 QDR Must Follow Congressional Guidance
- EL-ADAWY: Downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood
- MOSHER: China’s approaching hegemony
- SCHMITT AND DONNELLY: A Hollow Reform Agenda
Hearings and Events of Note
- Monday, July 15, 3:00pm Strategic Sourcing: Leveraging the Government’s Buying Power to Save Billions (Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)
- Tuesday, July 16, 9:30am Oversight: Situation in Syria (Senate Armed Services Committee, Closed Hearing)
- Tuesday, July 16, 10:00am Implementation of Wartime Contracting Reforms (Senate Financial & Contracting Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight)
- Tuesday, July 16, 10:00am S.980, The Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act 2013 (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Wednesday, July 17, 9:30am Oversight: Major Threats Facing Navy Forces (Senate Armed Services Committee, Closed Hearing)
- Wednesday, July 17, 10:00am Nomination (Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Nominee Ms. Samantha Power)
- Wednesday, July 17, 10:00am The Security Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic – Implications for U.S. National Security and U.S. Policy Options (House Armed Services Committee)
- Wednesday, July 17, 10:00am The Department of Homeland Security at 10 Years: Harnessing Science and Technology to Protect National Security and Enhance Government Efficiency (Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee)
- Wednesday, July 17, 10:15am Border Security Oversight, Part III: Examining Asylum Requests (House Oversight and Government Committee, Subcommittee on National Security)
- Wednesday, July 17, 2:30pm Oversight: Revisions to the Nuclear Employment Strategy (Senate Armed Services Committee, Closed Hearing)
- Thursday, July 18, 9:30am Nominations (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, August 1, 9:30am Political Status of Puerto Rico (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
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