Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Earlier this week, I said that we would be hearing more exaggerations warnings about minor nuisances around the world. One example of these nuisances has been the recent “harassment” by Iranian boats in the...
Here is an image of Julian and I talking in the Ecuadorean Embassy, part of the spycam footage that was commissioned by the CIA from Spanish security firm Global. Julian and I were discussing a number of overseas missions to liaise with foreign governments, which I...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Edelman/Takeyh article on Iran had so many bad ideas in it that it will take a second post to respond properly to some of the rest. One of the sillier claims that they make is that regime collapse won’t cause...
With millions forced out of work and many more stuck at home, Canadians need to ask tough questions of organizations receiving billions of dollars to protect them from foreign threats. The country’s intelligence/security sector has done little to respond to the...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Eric Edeleman and Ray Takeyh dispense with the usual hawkish smokescreens and evasions and call for regime change in Iran:“Regime change” is a toxic phrase in Washington. It conjures up images of the Iraq...
"Never let a crisis go to waste." Big tech is getting into bed with big government to build a massive surveillance superstructure that will monitor all of our movements - in the name of fighting coronavirus, of course. As Edward Snowden recently warned, these...
From the Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy: Join us on Facebook Live Tonight at 9pm Eastern Time (6pm Pacific Time) BringOurTroopsHome.us reports on the progress of getting state legislatures to prohibit use of their National Guards in illegal wars around the...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s attempt to strongarm South Korea into a large increase in spending on the basing of U.S. troops has failed:Trump, they say, already rejected what was probably Seoul’s best offer...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Iran has been seeking a loan from the International Monetary Fund for the first time in almost sixty years to help them fight the pandemic. The U.S. is expected to block the loan:The US plans to block Iran’s requested...
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly just made things much worse for himself and the Navy by delivering an attack on Capt. Crozier in a speech to the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. It will come as no surprise...
