CSP Daily Brief: Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Latest From the Center…

• Nonie Darwish: The Problem at the Heart of Egypt’s Revolutions
• Shariah Finance Watch: Gatestone Report: UK Funds Terror Connections: Islamic Relief Worldwide
• Shariah Finance Watch: Indonesian Government Working to Establish Large Shariah Bank
• Shariah Finance Watch: Another Shariah Bank Opens in Oman
• Shariah Finance Watch: Gatestone Institute: Pakistan Bankrolls Terrorist Group
• Shariah Finance Watch: Secret Documents in Egypt Reveal Payments from Qatar to Muslim Brotherhood Officials
• Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Who’s for dismantling the defense industrial base?

…and From our Colleagues

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman in the Wall Street Journal: A Dangerous New Phase in Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
• Gatestone Institute: Muslim Brotherhood Out, Killing Christians In

Secure Freedom Radio

• The General behind Egypt’s Military Coup: with Robert Springborg, Clare Lopez, Andy McCarthy, Lee Stranahan
• Secure Freedom Minute: Kill the Bill

News

• DoD: No decision on U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014
• Lawmakers skeptical of ‘zero option’ in Afghanistan
• Fugitive Snowden likely Venezuela bound, says U.S. journalist
• US: Missile Plan To Go Ahead Despite Test Failure
• Navy to attempt first unmanned carrier landing
• Congressman Says Closing Guantanamo Bay Would Be a Mistake
• Glimpse Inside Air-Sea Battle: Nukes, Cyber At Its Heart
• Fixed-Price Deals Not Always Best, Pentagon Report Finds
• Egypt’s new prime minister looks to form Cabinet
• US says plan for Egyptian elections positive
• Egypt orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood leader
• Fighting Returns to Congo
• Workers protesting work force cuts at US base in Africa
• U.K. spies: Nations are hiring cybermercenaries
• Russia Could Crack Down on Internet Freedom After Snowden Leaks: Russia seeking tighter Internet controls after NSA leaks
• Israel strengthens Syria border with an eye on Hezbollah
• Russia Turns The Tables On US Chemical Weapons Claims In Syria
• Intelligence panels cut off aid to Syrian rebels by restricting funds
• Iraq’s Shiite prime minister seeks alliances with Sunnis
• Leaked Pakistan report faults government for failing to find bin Laden
• Cyber Security, Chinese Cyber Attacks Under Microscope: Witnesses stress need for U.S. to defend itself against cyber attacks
• Two Koreas discuss reopening Kaesong
• Farc’s political party regains legal status
• Kirchner Opens Door to Latin America for Iran: Iranian agents have used free trade zones to proliferate
• Special Report: How the Pentagon’s payroll quagmire traps America’s soldiers

Commentary

• BRYEN: The U.S. Gets a ‘Mulligan’ in Egypt
• GOLDBERG: Obama Wings it in Egypt
• LYNCH: Europe’s New ‘Time Bomb’ Is Ticking in Syria
• PACEPA: Ex-Soviet bloc spy chief explains how to win War on Terror once and for all
• TAHERI: How to save Egypt
• WALPIN: The NSA Program in Real-World Perspective
• YOUSSEF: What Egyptians think of Obama after the Morsi disaster

Hearings and Events of Note

• Wednesday, July 10, 9:00am Assessing Attacks on the Homeland: From Fort Hood to Boston (House Homeland Security Committee)
• Wednesday, July 10, 10:00am Lessons Learned from the Boston Marathon Bombings: Preparing for and Responding to the Attack (Senate Homeland Security Committee)
• Wednesday, July 10, 10:00am Joint Hearing on DOD and VA Collaboration to Assist Service Members Returning to Civilian Life (House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee)
• Wednesday, July 10, 10:00am The Terrorist Threat in North Africa: Before and After Benghazi (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa)
• Wednesday, July 10, 2:00pm The Abu Dhabi Pre-Clearance Facility: Implications for U.S. Businesses and National Security (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade)
• Thursday, July 11, 10:00am Assessing the Transition in Afghanistan (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Thursday, July 11, 11:00am The State Department 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations)
• Thursday, July 11, 2:15pm Nominations (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• Tuesday, July 16, 10:00am S.980, The Embassy Security and Personnel Protection Act 2013 (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
• 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)

Other Briefs

• Politico Morning Defense: 7/10/13
• Foreign Policy Initiative: Overnight Brief 7/10/13
• Foreign Policy Magazine: Morning Brief 7/10/13
• AIA Daily Lead: July 9, 2013
• The Hill: Overnight Defense 7/9/13