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The goal of this blog is to inform and bring your attention to interesting items that catch my eye. As many of you know, I serve as the Ranking Member of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee. So there is a lot to keep track of. I'll try and keep it to material that is free and unique - so you'll keep coming back. I hope you find it interesting.

 

 

• Assassination and Sabotage: Can it stop Iran? Nov 29, 2010  - If you have been wading in WikiLeaks, you may have missed the news this morning that two Iranian nuclear physicists were targeted for assassination on Tehran's streets. In a Jason Bourne-esque move, two motorcycle assailants attached bombs to the cars of two physics professors that were detonated r... More

• Enriching Knowledge of North Korea Nov 22, 2010  - "Some people imagine there is a building somewhere with a secret door they can open and find a group of scantily clad women enriching uranium." -reported remarks by nuclear negotiator Chris Hill in April 2008, downplaying North Korea’s uranium enrichment activities. "The first look…was stunning. ... More

• Terrorist Trial Flunks Nov 18, 2010  - In June 2009, the Obama Administration sent Ahmed Ghailani from Guantanamo Bay to New York to face a civilian terror trial for his involvement in the East African embassy bombings a dozen years ago. It was to be the first case in a series of federal prosecutions of GITMO detainees, including Khalid ... More

• Victory - Viktor Bout to stand trial, for sure Nov 16, 2010  - Right now - somewhere over the Pacific - rogue arms dealer Viktor Bout is shackled on a U.S.G. plane, surrounded by half a dozen DEA agents. By tonight, the notorious Russian will set foot in New York, to be arraigned tomorrow in Manhattan. To be honest, I wasn’t so sure we'd see this day. Bout is... More

• Russian Exterminators Nov 10, 2010  - The other week I wrote how a free press has been called a "precious pest." Well, in Russia they beat and stomp that pest into a coma. Literally. This past weekend, it was a prominent reporter from the Kommersant daily newspaper's turn. Now, Russia is dangerous place to be a scribe – eight have bee... More

• Pakistani Terror Group Hangs Over India Visit Nov 8, 2010  - President Obama has been in India the last three days. A headline was his stay at the Taj hotel in Mumbai -- scene of a days-long terror attack two years ago, carried out by the Pakistani-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, LeT for short – and his three day lesson on the security picture in South Asia. On his ... More

• Obama’s Foreign Policy and the Next Congress Oct 28, 2010  - The media has turned to the question of what impact next Tuesday will have on the Obama Administration. Here are ten foreign policy areas that a new Congress could impact: Iran sanctions: The authority to implement tough sanctions aimed at Iran’s nuclear program is now in place. Unfortunately, t... More

• French Beat Oct 26, 2010  - I ran into an American serving in the French Foreign Legion a few weeks back. Over the years, few Americans have joined this storied fighting force, a French Army unit founded in 1831. He had good stories. Legionnaires come from dozens of countries. A recruit can just show-up at its southern Franc... More

• Face of Death Oct 21, 2010  - Military proceedings for Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, have begun. Thirteen dead and scores wounded need justice. America needs a reality check. Witnesses have told of going about their business to hear Hasan yell "Allahu Akbar!" and open fire, describing the aftermath as "like the... More

• Insecticide Spies Oct 19, 2010  - With the Russian spy scandal over the summer, Americans glimpsed the lengths that foreign governments go to target the United States.  [By the way, these sleeper agents were awarded Russia’s highest honor yesterday.]    Still, many Americans wondered what “secrets” could these Russians collect,... More