Analysis & Commentary
Leaker-in-Chief
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the White House’s handling of classified information. The spur seems to have been the June 1 New York Times article by David Sanger, sourced to current and former U.S. officials.
Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Nervous Atmosphere
World powers will seek to avert a collapse of diplomacy over Iran's nuclear programme at talks starting in Moscow on Monday, hoping to win concessions from Tehran and forestall a potential new war in the Middle East.
The John Batchelor Show
The UN's Committee on Information using Iran as its rapporteur.
Iran Talks Resemble Mood Swings of a Manic Depressive
In recent weeks, public discussion about ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany — has experienced the same mood swings of a manic depressive.
Why We Should Use JLENS
Wars of the future will be very different from wars of the past. Everyone gets that. What many do not grasp: The present war also is very different from wars of the past.
Iran, North Korea, Sudan Rack Up Millions By Trading UN Carbon Credits
The U.N. is funneling millions of dollars worth of tradable carbon credits to corrupt nations worldwide, including Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Uzbekistan in an attempt to encourage clean energy projects in the developing world.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Cracks Down on Christians
As the U.S. and its allies prepare to return to the negotiating table with Iranian representatives, hoping to reach a deal on their nuclear ambitions, the Islamic Republic has significantly ratcheted up its efforts to repress religious minorities in the country.
Abu Zubaydah and Iran
At the Washington Free Beacon, Bill Gertz has a piece about Jose Rodriguez, the former chief of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. Rodriguez warns that the CIA is “out of the business” of interrogating senior al Qaeda terrorists.
The West Plays the Cuckold and Ignores Evidence of Iran’s Infidelity
AS negotiations over Iran's nuclear program are about to resume in Moscow next Monday, Western leaders insist that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has yet to make a decision about whether to build nuclear weapons...
Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Christians
Iran stepped up its crackdown on the country struggling Christian community by closing a church in Tehran, prompting an Iranian human rights group and religious freedom experts to slam the regime.
China’s Imports of Iranian Crude ‘Legal and Reasonable’ -Foreign Ministry
China's foreign ministry said Tuesday that the country's imports of Iranian crude oil were "entirely legal and reasonable" and that its position on the matter has been made clear to the U.S.
US Exempts India, South Korea From Iran Oil Sanctions
President Barack Obama’s administration hasn’t defined what constitutes a significant reduction, and three U.S. officials said they were weighing a number of factors, including each nation’s energy needs and ability to switch to alternative sources.
US Exempts Seven Countries that Consume Iran Oil From Sanctions
The Obama administration announced Monday that it had exempted seven countries that are major consumers of Iranian oil from threatened U.S. sanctions aimed at punishing Tehran for its disputed nuclear program.
China Is Excluded From Waivers for Oil Trade With Iran
Less than three weeks before stringent American sanctions intended to reduce Iran’s oil exports take effect, the Obama administration announced on Monday that it would exempt seven major importers of Iranian oil...
Iran, Voice of the UN’s ‘Committee on Information’
It’s quite perverse enough that the United Nations would have a so-called Committee on Information whose members include such censorship-loving regimes as those of Belarus, China, Cuba, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and Syria.
Stuxnet and Iran’s Shadow War
David Sanger’s piece in the New York Times earlier this month (“Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran”) has garnered widespread attention.
The Battle of Syria
They say politics makes strange bedfellows. But even stranger are the bedfellows that national security policy makes. Andrew C. McCarthy, a friend and colleague, provides a stunning example.
To Act or Not in Syria?
Cliff May of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies writes in response to some conservatives’ qualms about U.S. action to help topple Bashar al-Assad...
More US Waivers to Iran Sanctions Likely Next Week
The United States will announce a new list of countries that will receive exceptions to financial sanctions on oil trade with Iran as soon as early next week, a government official said on Thursday.
In Nuclear Talks, Iran Plays the Victim Card
With the third round of nuclear talks approaching, Iranian senior figures are taking turns to the airwaves to present a well-rehearsed, grievance-filled version of the issues at stake in their current nuclear standoff with the international community.
