Following WikiLeaks’ publication of 77,000 classified military documents on the war in Afghanistan, National Security Advisor General James Jones made a statement from the White House on July 25, 2010. ” ‘The United States strongly condemns the disclosure of classified information by individuals and organizations which could put the lives of Americans and our partners […]
7/23/2010
“The man who served as [Afghan] President Hamid Karzai’s top intelligence official for six years has launched an urgent campaign to warn Afghans that their leader has lost conviction in the fight against the Taliban and is recklessly pursuing a political deal with insurgents. In speeches to small groups in Kabul and across northern Afghanistan […]
7/23/2010
According to information in a Washington Post article on July 23, 2010, former head of Afghan intelligence, Amarullah “Salih says the top Taliban leadership is hiding out in Karachi [Pakistan] and is being financed, armed, and protected by the ISI [Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence], with its inner circle ‘totally under Pakistani control.’ “ – Bruce Riedel, […]
7/21/2010
“Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg described the 2003 invasion of Iraq as illegal on Wednesday [July 21, 2010], putting the new coalition government under pressure to clarify its position on the war. …’I am happy to account for everything that we are doing in this coalition government, a coalition government which has brought together […]
7/20/2010
In testimony to the U.K. panel investigating the 2003 invasion of Iraq, former head of MI5 (U.K.’s counter-intelligence and security agency) Eliza Manningham-Buller “said that Britain relied on ‘fragmentary’ intelligence before invading Iraq, and that MI5 had not believed that Mr. Hussein was amassing unconventional weapons in Iraq, as the government contended. The belief that […]
7/20/2010
In testimony to the U.K. panel investigating the 2003 invasion of Iraq, former head of MI5 (U.K.’s counter-intelligence and security agency) Eliza Manningham-Buller “said that Iraq had presented little threat to Britain before the invasion, and that there had been no reliable evidence linking the government of Saddam Hussein to the terrorist attacks in the […]
7/20/2010
"The former director general of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency said Tuesday [July 20, 2010] that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had greatly increased the terrorist threat to Britain and that intelligence available before the Iraq war had not been sufficient to justify the invasion of that country. 'Our involvement in Iraq, for want of […]
7/19/2010
Washington Post journalists Dana Priest and William Arkin conducted a two-year investigation of the wasteful spending of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). It was published with the title Top Secret America on July 19, 2010. “Their investigation concludes that the security bureaucracy erected after the 9/11 attacks ‘has become so large, so unwieldy and so […]
7/7/2010
“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the U.S. is a ‘dictatorship’ as it tries to control world affairs. Ahmadinejad made the comments Wednesday night [July 7, 2010] during a speech at the Iranian Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital… In full, Ahmadinejad says the U.S. is ‘the self-proclaimed leader, and everybody should know that a self-proclaimed […]
6/28/2010
“The chairwoman of the House subcommittee responsible for foreign aid said she was stripping from pending legislation $3.9 billion in funding for Afghanistan following revelations that billions of dollars, including large amounts of U.S. aid funds, were flowing out of the country through Kabul’s main airport. Rep. Nita Lowey (D., N.Y.) called the revelations ‘outrageous,’ […]