Publication: Foreign Policy Magazine

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Exclusive: Whistleblower Says State Department Trying to Bully Her Into Silence

The State Department investigator who accused colleagues lastweek of using drugs , soliciting prostitutes , and having sex with minors says that Foggy Bottom is nowengaged in an "intimidation" campaign to stop her.Last week's leaks by Aurelia Fedenisn, ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Whistle-Blower, Cary Schulman, Aurelia Fedenisn

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Hamid Karzai

Afghan security forces in full control of operations after NATO handover

In the leadNATO forces transferred the controlof 95 remaining districts to Afghan security forces in a ceremony on Tuesday,completing a transition process that began in 2011 ( AFP , BBC , Pajhwok ). Afghan President Hamid Karzaisaid that beginning Wednesday, ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Handover, Hamid Karzai, NATO, Security, Quetta

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

Joseph Biden

Jeff Prescott Replaces Julie Smith as Biden’s Deputy National Security Advisor

Vice President Joe Biden's national security staff, a trainingground for future senior White House talent, is undergoing big changes thisweek.The Cable has learnedJeff Prescott will replace Julie Smith as Biden's deputy national securityadvisor.Prescott, ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Julie Smith, Joseph Biden, National Security

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

UN Security Council

Hidden Report Reveals How Iran Dodges Nuclear Watchdogs

Iran continues to evade U.N. sanctions on its nuclear program by changing its supply routes, erecting new front companies, and shopping the world for lower grade parts not explicitly prohibited by the U.N. Security Council, but still capable of contributing ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Iran, Nuclear, Sanctions, UN Security Council, Pentane

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 2 reports

Hassan Rohani

What to expect when your enduring rivals signal something other than what you're expecting

So it seems like the remaining Axis of Evil states are sending signals that maybe they want out of the international relations penalty box.First, in Iran's presidential election, the most moderate candidate, former nuclear negotiator Hasan Rowhani, won ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Nuclear, Hassan Rohani, Iran, North Korea, Pyongyang

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

US National Security Agency

7 Questions the NSA Chief Has to Answer

National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander is set to testify before the House intelligence committee Tuesday on the NSA's vast operations to collect the phone and Internet records of millions of people.Nothing overtly illegal has surfaced - at ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 21 hours ago]

Entities: US National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Electronic Intelligence

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Big Mac

What Big Macs and the Bronx Can Tell Us About Borders

I show that The Economist newspaper data are representative by conduct-ing my own survey of Big Mac prices across forty locations in New York City. The survey reveals a large price disparities across neighboring locations. For example, the standard deviation ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Big Mac, Manhattan, Volatility, New York City, Standard Deviation

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Never Mind the Guns, Half of Syria's 'Non-Lethal' Aid Is Stuck on U.S. Shelves

Lost in last week's news that the Obama administration would begin to provide direct military aid to the Syrian opposition was the fact that about half of the non-lethal aid promised months ago has still not arrived.That's raised some question as to how ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Jen Psaki, Night Vision Goggles, Syria, Coalition

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Apple: We Give the Government All Kinds of Data ... To Find Missing Kids

Apple today joined the chorus of tech firms revealing they have given the U.S. government access to data on tens of thousands of customer "accounts and devices." But the tech giant claimed that most of those data dumps have nothing to do with NSA sur ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Apple Inc, US National Security Agency, PRISM (Surveillance Program), User Data

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

At least 25 people killed over the weekend in Quetta attacks

Widespread attacksA separatist group and a militant organization attacked avariety of targets in Quetta on Saturday, killing at least 25 people andshaking the newly formed government ( ET , NYT , Reuters ). Early Saturday morning, the separatist Bal ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Quetta, Taliban, Security

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Wish Obama's New Gitmo Czar Luck; He's Gonna Need It

Today, the Obama administration will announce the appointment of D.C. lawyerClifford Sloan as the State Department's new envoy tasked with closing theGuantanamo Bay prison facility. One small problem: with some 150 unprosecutabledetainees there, shutting ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Kenneth Roth, Barack Obama, Detainee, National Defense University

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Regime Change Obama Can Believe In - By Vali Nasr

Just when the world had given up hope for meaningful change in Iran, the country's presidential election produced a surprise. Rather than a repeat of the 2009 conservative victory, the token reformist candidate, Hasan Rowhani, whose campaign called for ... [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Hassan Rohani, Iran, Nuclear, Vali Nasr, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Quotes

"Biden jokes that he doesn't like losing his best people"

Jeff Prescott Replaces Julie Smith as Biden’s Deputy National Security Advisor [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 4 hours ago]

education, said: "Obtaining education is every man and woman's birthright and"

Afghan security forces in full control of operations after NATO handover [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 6 hours ago]

...information reported by the IAEA regarding Iran's alleged activities on integrating a nuclear payload onto a ballistic missile," the report added. "Although Iran's nuclear fuel cycle capabilities are well established in many areas, Iran's reliance on procurement abroad continues to provide the international community with opportunities to limit Iran's ability to maintain and expand certain activities."

Hidden Report Reveals How Iran Dodges Nuclear Watchdogs [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 8 hours ago]

...to the Syrian Opposition Coalition, "but it also includes the provision of assistance to the Supreme Military Council in Syria," he told reporters. "And so we are focused right now on strengthening the effectiveness of the SMC and helping to coordinate the provision of the assistance to the SMC by the United States and other partners and allies."

Never Mind the Guns, Half of Syria's 'Non-Lethal' Aid Is Stuck on U.S. Shelves [Published Foreign Policy Magazine - 22 hours ago]

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