CSP Daily Brief: Thursday May 23, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Frank Gaffney’s Response to the Washington Post: The Washington Post’s Pinnochios on Terror Training
- Shariah Finance Watch: Two Saudi Princes Accused of Laundering Money for Hezbollah
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Do You Feel Lucky? The Danger of EMP
…and From our Colleagues
- American Freedom Law Center: “Muslim Mafia” Case Awaits Federal Judge’s Ruling as AFLC Files Motion for Summary Judgment
- John Bolton: Team Obama’s endless Syria bungling
- Gatestone Institute: A Woman’s Voice at the Mosque
Secure Freedom Radio
- Man-Made EMPs and Space Weather Pose Equally Dangerous Threats to Our Electric Grid: with James Woolsey, Jim Hanson, Diana West, Mark Schneider
- Secure Freedom Minute: Shariah’s Jihad in London
Join us for the 2013 Freedom Flame Dinner on June 6 as we honor Allen West and Richard Scaife
News
- Obama’s Speech to Open New Phase in War on Terror
- U.S. acknowledges killing of four U.S. citizens in counterterrorism operations
- U.S. industry touts ‘drone’ promise as public debate flares
- Obama to restart Gitmo transfers
- British soldier beheaded in Islamist machete attack
- US power grid the target of ‘numerous and daily’ cyber-attacks
- Inside the Ring: NSA under Reagan
- Border Security First: Conservatives propose shoring up border defenses before amnesty
- USS Freedom Suffers Coolant Problems, Returns to Port
- At least 18 soldiers, four Islamists killed in Niger
- Kerry meets Israelis, Palestinians in bid to revive talks
- Massive Attack: Israeli general warns air force will strike Syrian weapons facilities if nation collapses
- Syria opposition welcomes support for Assad ouster
- U.S. may arm rebels if diplomacy fails, Kerry says
- U.S. Fears the Fighting in Syria Might Spill Over Into Lebanon, Kerry Says
- Training Ground: Western radicals could be learning terrorism skills in Syrian conflict
- Iran Pushes Ahead With Nuclear Plant That Worries West
- Uncertainty Surrounds Pakistan Leader’s Stance on Taliban, Military
- Hagel directs Pentagon to seek new software for health records
- Senate passes a bill criminalizing lies about earning military metals
- Vultures: AP, AFP reporters trash Israel in secret Facebook group
Commentary
- BABBIN: Obama’s Drone War
- BAWER: A Jihadist in the Pulpit
- COOPER: Biggest battlefield in terror war is on the Internet
- GORDON: ‘Wrong-Way’ Obama
- IBRAHIM: Obama Administration Calls for the ‘Human Rights’ of Jihadi Murderers
- KAPLAN: The World Still Needs American Muscle
- KEANE & PLETKA: How to Stop Assad’s Slaughter
- KRAUTHAMMER: On Benghazi, the facts speak for themselves
- PIPES: An apology posing as a bibliography
Hearings and Events of Note
- Thursday, May 23, 9:00am Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces)
- Thursday, May 23, 10:00am European Union Economic Relations: Crisis and Opportunity (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, May 23, 10:00am U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of the Merida Initiative 2008–Present (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere)
- Thursday, May 23, 10:30am Markup of H.R. 1960: Subcommittee on Readiness; National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Readiness)
- Tuesday, June 4, 10:00am Emergency MGMT 2.0: How #SocialMedia & New Tech are Transforming Preparedness, Response, & Recovery #Disasters #Part1 #Privatesector (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications)
- Thursday, June 6, 6:30pm 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, 1:00pm The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget (House Budget Committee)
- 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)
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