CSP Daily Brief: Tuesday, October 8, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Shariah Finance Watch: Islamic Heroin Smuggling Gang Jailed in the UK
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: An anniversary to remember – and learn from
…and From our Colleagues
Secure Freedom Radio
- Weekend’s Events Show War On Terror Is Far From Over: with Bill Roggio, Mike Bastasch, Gordon Chang, Clare Lopez – Jim Hanson guest hosts
- Secure Freedom Minute: Exposing Elibiary
News
- Russian Defense Production To Increase 15% in 2013
- North Korea puts army on alert, warns U.S. of ‘horrible disaster’
- South Korean spy agency tells lawmakers that North Korea has restarted its nuclear reactor
- Attacks Surge in Egypt A Day After Clashes
- Explosion rocks Sinai security headquarters; dozens dead, wounded
- U.S. fears radical Islamists could take root in Syria
- Religious tension in Pakistan as Muslims dig up Hindu grave
- Azerbaijan: An American ally in a sea of threats
- Turkey’s Erdogan says Syria’s Assad is a terrorist, not a politician
- Wave of Bomb Blasts Kills 22 in Baghdad
- Analysts: Ikrima, target of U.S. raid in Somalia, has tried to extend al-Shabab’s reach in Kenya
- Turkey denies aiding Qaeda-linked Syria rebels
Commentary
- FEULNER: Letting the U.N. target our guns
- GERECHT: The Next Breeding Ground for Global Jihad
- HEALY: Obama opens another bloody front in the war on terror, Somalia
- PUDER: America’s Endless Search for a ‘Moderate’ Iranian President
Hearings and Events of Note
- Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 9:30am: Oversight: Impact of Sequestration on the National Defense (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Tuesday, October 8, 10:00am: Business Meeting (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
- Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 9:00am: Subcommittee Markup: H.R. 3141 and H.R. 3202 (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security)
- Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 2:00pm: From al-Shabaab to al-Nusra: How Westerners Joining Terror Groups Overseas Affect the Homeland (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 10:00am: Judicial Nominations (Senate Judiciary Committee)
- Thursday, October 10, 2013, 9:30am: Oversight: Impact of Sequestration on the National Defense (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, October 10, 2013, 2:00pm: Geopolitical Implications and Mutual Benefits of U.S. LNG Exports (House Energy and Commerce Committee)
- Thursday, October 10, 2013, 2:00pm: DHS Financial Management: Investigating DHS’s Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency)
- Thursday, October 10, 2013, 2:00pm: Recent Recommendations for the Columbia River Treaty (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee)
- Friday, October 11, 2013, 9:30am: Subcommittee Hearing: Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy Yard Shooting on Homeland Security (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency)
- Friday, October 11, 2013, 12:00pm: The Impacts of the Government Shutdown on Our Economic Security (Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee)
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