All Security Watch
- Is Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood backing a jihad in Syria?
The Sunni Islamist movement behind Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has called for a mass rally in support of Syria's rebellion. Sectarian tensions over the war there are growing hotter.
- Wayne White on arming Syria's rebels
A veteran intelligence analyst on Obama's decision.
- Has a 'red line' in Syria been crossed?
And so what if it has?
- Russia warns of Syria chemical weapons fabrication as US ups involvement
The Obama administration says it's convinced the Syrian government has used chemical weapons and promised more aid to the rebellion. Russia warns that it could be Iraq all over again.
- Wusses, US foreign policy, and the horrific death toll in Syria
Former President Bill Clinton suggested President Obama was being a 'wuss' over intervention in Syria as the UN reported the death toll has reached 93,000.
- Is Iran winning in Syria?
An Iran-backed victory for the Syrian regime may give Iran more regional influence, but it could lose its claim to being a leader of resistance.
- News flash: The NSA is spying on China
Edward Snowden says the US spies on China and Hong Kong. A surprise to no one. That's practically the whole point of funding spy agencies.
- Chinese cartoonists have field day with NSA revelations
The Chinese media have been particularly interesting to watch, given Edward Snowden’s decision to seek refuge in Hong Kong and China’s own history of state surveillance.
- South Korea calling, but North pretends that nobody is home
North Korea's refusal to take South Korea's phone calls has dashed hopes for proposed peace talks.
- ACLU files suit over NSA surveillance, citing 'chilling effect'
The American Civil Liberties Union charges that secret warrants allowing the National Security Agency to collect mass data on phone usage violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution.
- Americans say they are pretty comfortable with expanded government surveillance
The new polling from Pew suggests that the latest leaks aren't likely to change policy.
- Double suicide bombings brings war back to Damascus streets
Twin suicide bombings that hit a downtown market square in Damascus were the first since Assad regime forces retook the city of Qusayr.
- Booz Allen Hamilton, federal contractor
How do you keep secrets when Booz Allen, just one of many intelligence contractors, has more than 12,000 employees with top secret access?
- Will NSA leaks wake us from our techno-utopian dream?
A vast surveillance state is being made possible by the technologies that we were told would liberate us.
- Taliban assault on Kabul airport ends with seven militants dead
A small Taliban unit assaulted the Kabul airport just before dawn today. Afghan police and Army units handled the response.
- Is the price of 'security' worth it?
Or, how much terrorism is there, really?
- NSA's data flood, through the PRISM of US interests and freedom
Do revelations about the US government snooping on citizens' telephone and Internet records make it harder for the government to advocate for Internet freedom around the world?
- France looking at ways to 'safely' arm Syria's rebels
The French government is considering how it can provide advanced weaponry to Syria's rebels, but with safeguards that could limit the weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
- IMF admits it got Greece wrong. What does it get right?
Not much.
- Report confirms high toll from Afghan insider attacks in 2012
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction points to the dangers posed to foreign troops from their Afghan counterparts.