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February 21, 2010
Administration Signals It Will Not Push Legal Limits of Terrorism Detention

The five-page letter that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder issued in February defending the decision to treat the Christmas Day bomber suspect as a criminal suspect, rather than as a wartime captive, offered new insight into the Obama Administration’s view of the limits of preventive detention. The letter suggests that the administration sees virtually no legal foundation for holding terrorism suspects arrested on U.S. soil in preventive detention and has very little interest in trying to create any.

The five-page letter that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder issued in February defending the decision to treat the Christmas Day bomber suspect as a criminal suspect, rather than as a wartime captive, offered new insight into the Obama Administration’s view of the limits of preventive detention. The letter suggests that the administration sees virtually no legal foundation for holding terrorism suspects arrested on U.S. soil in preventive detention and has very little interest in trying to create any.

February 12, 2010
Israeli Defense Industry Expands Sale of Drones

The Jerusalem Post reports that "while Israeli soldiers can't fight in the war in Afghanistan, Israeli drones can." At the end of January, NATO members: Australia, Germany, Spain, France and Canada began "operating unmanned aerial vehicles [UAVs] produced in the Jewish state in anti-Taliban operations in the Central Asian country," wrote JP's Yaakov Katz.

The Jerusalem Post reports that "while Israeli soldiers can't fight in the war in Afghanistan, Israeli drones can." At the end of January, NATO members: Australia, Germany, Spain, France and Canada began "operating unmanned aerial vehicles [UAVs] produced in the Jewish state in anti-Taliban operations in the Central Asian country," wrote JP's Yaakov Katz.

February 11, 2010
Headline: Former Central Intelligence Agency Chief: Relationship with Israel ‘Not Win-Win’

Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief (1996-99) Michael Scheuer recently discussed various security related issues as a guest on C-Span’s Washington Journal. The former intelligence head surprised the audience when he agreed with numerous guest callers that the United States’ relationship with Israel was not a win-win situation for both countries.

Former CIA Bin Laden Unit Chief (1996-99) Michael Scheuer recently discussed various security related issues as a guest on C-Span’s Washington Journal. The former intelligence head surprised the audience when he agreed with numerous guest callers that the United States’ relationship with Israel was not a win-win situation for both countries.