Surely, this is just another “loony left” headline about Elliott Abrams, the administration’s point man on Venezuela, whom some say has been unfairly pilloried on Capitol Hill. If you read this September 1986 National Security Council email, written by NSC staffer Oliver North, you’ll see the headline is not over-stated but factually precise and faithful...
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DARPA: AI Could Bring Mental Telepathy to the Battlefront
Can you imagine shooting a gun just by thinking? The resident geniuses at DARPA can. They are in the fine phrase of Sharon Weinberger, “The Imagineers of War.” (If you’re obsessed with DARPA like me, read Weinberger’s book. The people at DARPA sometimes make the future, and sometimes fail miserably.) Now they’re talking about mental...
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India: Pakistan’s Spy Agency Involved in Kashmir Bombing
A senior Indian military commander in Kashmir says Pakistan’s main spy agency was involved in a deadly bomb attack in the disputed region that killed more than 40 Indian troops last week. The car bomb attack, which was claimed by the Pakistan-based militant group the so-called Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), killed the Indian paramilitary troops on the outskirts of...
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Can Bill Barr Bury Mueller’s Report?
The Attorney General Bill Barr has made statements indicating the think he can, under Justice Department guidelines, prevent the release of the final report of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. Barr believes a sitting president can’t be indicted (a view held by the Justice Department) that any reporting about an unindicted person is a threat to...
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‘Russia Wants to Destabilize Europe,’ Says New German Leader
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer is the head of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union, and likely successor to Angela Merkel as Chancellor. In a conversation with BERLIN POLICY JOURNAL, she played up the threat of Russian influence operations in European politics. Russia has its own agenda. And this agenda evidently includes an attempt to destabilize Europe and, consequently, Germany. She...