Al Qaeda
The disengagement delusion
Decision Brief No. 06-D 16 2006-03-27 (Washington , D.C.): Today, even more than is usually the case, Israel is...
What if we lose?
Three years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq swept away the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, eroding public support for...
Soul-trying times
Decision Brief No. 06-D 10 2006-03-01 (Washington, D.C.): Recent headlines call to mind a notable turn of phrase...
Too little surveillance?
Decision Brief No. 06-D 07 2006-02-06 (Washington, D.C.): This is being written in a bedroom in Los Angeles once...
Our right to security
One of the most excruciating images of the September 11 attacks is the sight of a man who was trapped...
Sharon’s ‘place in history’
Historians know that it is impossible accurately to assess a departed leader's legacy until after many years have passed, let...
Mineshaft canaries
At this writing, 13 men are trapped deep underground in a West Virginia coal mine and the prognosis for their...
It’s ‘triage,’ stupid
Decision Brief No. 05-D 66 2005-12-28 One of the most serious threats we face in this War for the Free...
A war to the death
The news from Iraq today features a video of a terrorist murdering a man believed to be a kidnapped American...
The NYT goes to war-and President Bush fights back
Decision Brief No. 05-D 64 2005-12-17 (Washington, D.C.): On December 16, the Nation's so-called "paper of record" joined the War...
Our Saudi enemies
Decision Brief No. 05-D 54 2005-10-24 (Washington, D.C.): Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee was supposed to focus long-overdue attention on...
Recolonizing Africa
By David McCormack The overthrow of Mauritanian president Maaouiy Ould Sid Ahmed Taya last month by a military junta calling...
Don’t go there, Mrs. Hughes
Decision Brief No. 05-D 43 2005-08-29 (Washington, D.C.): Karen Hughes, confidant to George W. Bush and master political strategist, has...
Prison plot evidence of the “enemy within”
Revelations of an alleged terrorist plot hatched by Islamist converts in a California State Prison facility underscore a danger about...
Saudi double games
Within days of the murderous 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared before a joint session of Congress: "Every nation,...