CSP Daily Brief: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- The Real American Blackout: Will the electric industry really examine the grid’s vulnerability?
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: We’re here to kill Americans
…and From our Colleagues
- Ken Timmerman at the Washington Times: Holding the line on Iranian nuclear weapons
- The Gatestone Institute: France: Anti-Semitism Now Mainstream
Secure Freedom Radio
- Piracy in the West African Threat Matrix: with Peter Brookes, Dawit Giorgis, Matt Continetti, Gordon Chang
- Secure Freedom Minute: Polio Redux
Previously on Secure Freedom Radio
News
- UPDATE 3-China says five detained in connection with Tiananmen attack
- Assad says support for armed groups must end
- Egyptian students protest after Brotherhood leader arrested
- Israel frees Palestinian prisoners, pushes settlement plan
- Putin unseats Obama on Forbes’ World’s Most Powerful lis
- NSA chief says NATO allies shared phone records with the U.S. spy agency
- Pentagon, Energy Department Moving Ahead with Upgraded, Precision-Guided Nuclear Bomb
- China says it will take measures to uphold its information security in wake of NSA allegations
- Iraq violence: Fresh wave of bombings kills 20
- Marines’ Move to Guam in Question
- Afghan Envoys to Meet Former Taliban Deputy in Pakistan
- Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners in nod at peace talks
- Suicide bomber dies in Tunisian tourist resort
- Freed French hostages leave Niger after three years in captivity
- Security Concerns Cut Off Access to Majority of Afghanistan
- Edelstein declares French president persona non grata in Knesset
- Middle Eastern Immigration Fraud Ring Busted in Michigan
Commentary
- GREENFIELD: Islamerica, Eurabia, and Eurasia
- KYL and LIEBERMAN: Too much crisis, too little defense
- PETRAEUS: How We Won in Iraq
- MAURO: The Brotherhood on Campus: Your Tax Dollars at Work
- WOHLSTETTER: Silk Road Odyssey: A Future for Islam Lite?
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 9:00am Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Cyber Incident Response: Bridging the Gap Between Cybersecurity and Emergency Management (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 9:30am Subcommittee Hearing: Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy Yard Shooting on Homeland Security (House Homeland Security Committee)
- Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 9:00am Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Establishing a Syrian War Crimes Tribunal? (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, October 31, 2013, 10:00am Business Meeting (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, October 31, 2013, 10:00am The Navy Yard Tragedy: Examining Government Clearances and Background Checks (Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee)
- Thursday, October 31, 2013, 10:15am Syria (Senate Foreign Relations Committee)
- Thursday, November 7, 2013, 9:30am Oversight: Impact of Sequestration on the National Defense (Senate Armed Services Committee)
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