“Horatius Wolf”: Rep. Frank Wolf takes on Grover Norquist
Legend has it that ancient Rome was spared a devastating invasion by the courage and skill of a great warrior...
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Are We Safer? An Online Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Introduction The tenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001 is, inevitably, a moment not only for remembering, but for...
An Obama foreign policy
Outgoing US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is worried about the shape of things to come in US foreign policy. In...
Obama’s Muslim Outreach 2.0: Doing Business with the Muslim Brotherhood
President Obama's latest paean to what he calls "the Muslim world," delivered at the State Department today, was an exercise...
Second thoughts, from Goldstone to the ‘Arab Spring’
One might have been forgiven for thinking it was an April Fool's joke. At the very least, the author of...
The King Hearings were Taboo-Busters
It is not everyday that Congress breaks a major taboo and, in so doing, performs a real service to the...
Center issues Congressional Scorecard; Peace Through Strength Platform shows way forward on national security
2009-2010 National Security Scorecard (PDF) The Center for Security Policy today released its ninth National Security Scorecard evaluating the performance...
The ‘Peace Through Strength’ Pledge
Last week, Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled with much fanfare their "Pledge to America." It is intended by...
What would KSM say about the Ground Zero Mosque?
As President Obama weighed in to support the Ground Zero mosque during a White House dinner celebrating the Islamic holy...
Did the Pentagon cave on four banned reporters at Gitmo trial?
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, August 10, the first military commission trial under the Obama administration will begin at Guantanamo -- that...
The other Lockerbies
Senators Menendez and Lautenberg of New Jersey took to the microphone this week to express disappointment that witnesses from the...
Wartime enemies or common criminals?
When Attorney General Eric Holder appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in November 2009, he asserted in his opening statement:...
Liz Cheney at the Freedom Flame: Educating Obama
Liz Cheney gave the the keynote address at the Center for Security Policy's Freedom Flame Award Dinner in New York...
2010 Freedom Flame Award: The Manhattan Seven
On June 22, 2010, the Center for Security Policy awarded its annual "Freedom Flame" honor to seven individuals whose collective...
Gaza, Guantanamo and the media battlefield
Israel's high seas drama in halting the "humanitarian aid" flotilla of ships bound for Gaza last week drew worldwide condemnation...
Guantanamo here to stay?
The Obama administration's top-priority plan to shutter the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, suffered another major setback in Congress...