The Greatest Threat -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars JournalWhat is the greatest threat to U.S. security? The greatest threat to U.S. security is something that would upset the usefulness of the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE), the consolidated U.S. government database of terrorist suspects around the world. The government uses that database to establish watch lists, no-fly lists, screen visa applicants at U.S. consulates, conduct surveillance, coordinate investigations with foreign and local partners, etc. It was the lack of such a database and its applications that permitted 9/11 to happen. Today, the TIDE database and the activities it supports is the U.S. government’s most important counterterrorism tool.
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The Afghan Stakes -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Will Obama Fight For Afghanistan? -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post opinion
Russian intrigue on the high seas -- Abraham Rabinovitch
The Elders' View Of the Middle East -- Jimmy Carter, Washington Post opinion
Post-LDP Japan will be pro-who? -- Joe Hung, China post
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
The Afghan Stakes -- Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Will Obama Fight For Afghanistan? -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post opinion
Russian intrigue on the high seas -- Abraham Rabinovitch
The Elders' View Of the Middle East -- Jimmy Carter, Washington Post opinion
Post-LDP Japan will be pro-who? -- Joe Hung, China post
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Russian intrigue on the high seas -- Abraham Rabinovitch
The Elders' View Of the Middle East -- Jimmy Carter, Washington Post opinion
Post-LDP Japan will be pro-who? -- Joe Hung, China post
Xinjiang on Pins and Needles -- Wall Street Journal opinion
North Korea: No More Mr. Nice Guy -- Bill Powell, Time
The US and Iran: It's Time to Talk -- Los Angeles Times editorial.
Hamas and the Holocaust -- Washington Times editorial.
What Carter Missed in the Middle East -- Elliott Abrams, Washington Post opinion.
Eight Years Later and Still No Revenge -- Richard Cohen, Washington Post opinion.
The Airline Plot -- The Times editorial.
Oil Realism in the Middle East -- Shlomo Ben-Ami, Real Clear World