“Intelligence,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan once observed, “is not to be confused with intelligence.” To read two recent analyses of U.S. intelligence failures is to be reminded of the truth of that statement, albeit in very different ways.Exhibit A is last week’s unclassified White House memo on the attempted bombing of Flight 253 over the skies [...]
Obama’s Hedged Bet on Afghanistan – by Jacob Laksin
December 2, 2009 By 19 Comments
The president backs a strategy for success – but with a political timeline attached.
