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Terrorism and National Security
Moving Forward After Benghazi
January 23, 2013
Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is testifying before both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the events surrounding the September 11, 2012 assault on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the death of four Americans including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. She paid tribute to the centrality [...]
Opportunities and Priorities for a Second Term
January 22, 2013
In his second inaugural address, President Obama laid out his vision for how the United States should lead in the world, with strength and justice together: But we are also heirs to those who won the peace and not just the war, who turned sworn enemies into the surest of friends, and we must carry [...]
Special Update: Brennan Nomination and Challenges for the Intelligence Community
January 9, 2013
As President Obama nominates John Brennan to be the new Director of the CIA, the Agency and the shape of U.S. espionage face challenges much bigger than one individual. Congress and the administration will have to work with CIA leadership to ensure the wrongs of the past are not repeated; rebalance away from the CIA’s [...]
The Benghazi Report and Working to Improve Both Security and Diplomacy
December 19, 2012
Last night the State Department Accountability Review Board led by retired Ambassador Thomas Pickering and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Michael Mullen released its much-anticipated report on the September 11th assault on the American consulate in Benghazi that resulted in the deaths of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. The investigation [...]
Torture: New Film Sparks Old Debate
December 11, 2012
The new film Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, has sparked a new debate about the role and use of torture. The film contains graphic scenes of detainees subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Critics’ interpretations of the film’s message on the effectiveness of torture vary. But in the world off-screen, the [...]
Heather Hurlburt Interviewed in MSNBC On Civil Liberties
December 4, 2012
“The public knows that there has been no second 9/11-scale attack and no new land invasion of an Asian country that costs American lives,” said Heather Hurlburt, executive director of the National Security Network. “It seems successful to them.”
The Changing Tone on Benghazi
November 27, 2012
A fuller picture of how events in Benghazi unfolded, and how the government managed its response, has led some administration critics to soften their tone, and others to shift their attacks from UN Ambassador Susan Rice to the President. Today’s meeting between Rice and her leading Senate critics, however, highlighted the political sideshow quality of [...]
Heather Hurlburt on Huff Post Live Discussing Terrorism, Resilience, Post-9/11, and Drones
November 15, 2012
In attack after attack, the U.S. asks “Why didn’t we see this coming?” Some analysts say our focus on terrorists has produced a dangerous form of tunnel vision.
Originally aired on November 15, 2012
Hosted by:
Josh Zepps
GUESTS:
Gregory Johnsen (Princeton, NJ) Author of “The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda and America’s War in Arabia” @gregorydjohnsen
Heather Hurlburt (Washington, DC) Executive Director at the National Security Network @natsecHeather
Jeremy Scahill (New York, NY) Fellow at The Nation Institute, Author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army @JeremyScahill
Joshua Foust (Washington, DC) Journalist & Fellow at the American Security Project @JoshuaFoust
Naureen Shah (New York, NY) Director of the Counterterrorism and Human Rights Project at the Human Rights Institute of Columbia Law School @naureenshah
The Real Question on Benghazi: How Can Our Diplomats do Their Jobs?
November 14, 2012
The tragic events at the U.S. consulate on September 11 of this year that resulted in the death of four Americans, including America’s ambassador, have become a political football. The political attacks have been focused on two elements of the controversy: the response on the ground in Benghazi and the response here at home informing [...]
Unity Looks Progressive–National Security in 2012
November 7, 2012
Major news outlets have called the presidential election for President Barack Obama. After a long and divisive campaign it is time for all Americans – regardless of party – to come together to tackle the challenges we face as a country. This includes important issues in global politics and national security, of which there is [...]
