CSP Daily Brief: Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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News
- NSA leaker Edward Snowden goes dark, believed to be in safe house
- The Damage Is Done: NSA Leak Prompts Countermeasures by Terrorists
- Hagel Pledges Review of Civilian Contractors After NSA Leak
- Congress briefed on US surveillance programs
- Google, Facebook and Microsoft seek data request transparency
- White House threatens veto of Defense bill
- Congressional military panels reject request for base closings
- WikiLeaks trial focuses on Guantanamo detainee records
- Bill to revamp military justice faces uphill fight
- Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon
- Sudan officially notifies it will halt oil exports
- UK says will use G8 summit to push for Syria talks
- Assad advance on rebel bastion of Aleppo threatens peace talks: France
- Iran emerging as victor in Syrian conflict
- U.S. sanctions four Lebanese men, accuses them of aiding Hezbollah
- Polish prosecutors get more time for CIA jail probe
- Protest leaders bail out of talks with Turkish leader after day of clashes
- US General Dunford: ‘Fight for Afghan rights not over’
- Incentive for Korea talks remains despite failure
- Philippines vows to defend territory, sovereignty
- U.S. Intelligence Sabotages Al-Qaeda Magazine
Commentary
- HARTSFIELD: Is China Overtaking U.S. in Space?
- HOLZER: Sequestration is Here
- JENKINS: Let’s Rescue Metadata From the Spy Agencies
- KAHLILI: New election in Iran, but same result
- LAMBRO: Surveillance means security
- LEIBLER: What Will Israel Do As America Retreats from the World?
- McMANUS: Terror & surveillance
- OKTEM: A European Spirit
- SOWELL: Sex and the Military
- WEAVER: The Limits of AirSea Battle
Hearings and Events of Note
- Wednesday, June 12, 9:30am Subcommittee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Seapower)
- Wednesday, June 12, 10:00am Modernizing US International Food Aid: Reaching More for Less (House Foreign Affairs Committee)
- Wednesday, June 12, 10:00am Protecting the Homeland Against Mumbai-Style Attacks and the Threat from Lashkar-e-Taiba(House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence)
- Wednesday, June 12, 10:00am US – Brazil Trade and Investment Relationship: Opportunities and Challenges (House Ways and Means Committee, Subcommittee of Trade)
- Wednesday, June 12, 10:00am A Dangerous Slide Backwards: Russia’s Deteriorating Human Rights Situation (Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on European Affairs)
- Wednesday, June 12, 10:30am The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Defense Budget Request (Senate Budget Committee)
- Wednesday, June 12, 1:00pm The Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget (House Budget Committee)
- Wednesday, June 12, 1:00pm American NGOs Under Attack in Morsi’s Egypt (House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa)
- Wednesday, June 12, 2:30pm Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, June 13, 9:30am Full Committee Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Senate Armed Services Committee)
- Thursday, June 13, 10:00am Oversight Hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (House Judiciary Committee)
- Thursday, June 13, 10:00am Examining the Government’s Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act (House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on National Security)
- Thursday, June 13, 2:00pm H.R. 2278 “Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act” (The SAFE Act)
- Friday, June 14, 9:00am Why Can’t DHS Better Communicate with the American People? (House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency)
- Wednesday, June 19, EMET Ray of Light in the Darkness Dinner (Endowment for Middle East Truth
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