Aye-Aye Spy -- IBD EditorialsSecurity: James Clapper's ignorance of a major counter-terrorist success is less distressing than why he got his job as director of national intelligence: to "Obamacize" America's spy operations.
Why was the nation's top intelligence official unaware in an ABC News interview this week that Britain had, many hours earlier, foiled an al-Qaida-related plot of multiple suicide bombings targeting Christmas shoppers?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Islamists’ War against ‘the Other’ -- Nina Shea, National Review
Iraq's Christian 'religicide' -- Yitzchok Adlerstein and Carl Moeller, The Washington Times
Radical Islam vs. Christianity: The cross is near extinction in the ancient lands of its origin -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, The Washington Times
Crucifying Christians on Christmas -- Washington Times editorial
China’s Risky Bet Against History -- Michael J. Green & Daniel M. Kliman, The Diplomat
Kim Jong Il: The boy who cried nuke? -- L.A. Times editorial
Roadblocks to Mideast peace -- Aaron David Miller, L.A. Times
The Mexican Drug War: A Nation Descends into Violence -- Mathieu von Rohr, Spiegel Online
Mexico's Forever War -- Kevin Casas-Zamora, Foreign Policy
Al-Qaeda finds new friends -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times
'Axis of Evil' spins closer -- James A. Lyons, The Washington Times
U.S. diplomats: A vanishing species? -- Kenneth Weisbrode, Politico
Don't expect Barack Obama to be the 'Comeback Kid' for long -- Toby Harnden, The Telegraph