In response to queries as to what Senator Lieberman was doing when agreeing to carry a pardon request to President Bush for an indicted terrorist sent to prison by the FBI, Lieberman spokesman Scott Overland said: Senator Lieberman does not intervene in criminal proceedings including requests for pardons. . .
(Eric Rosand is a senior fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation in New York and a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation).
Count me among those that think that this piece by Joe Klein is gutsy and right on target. I’m in New York tonight — met Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the opening benefit for “Mostly Mozart” at the Lincoln Center and sat next to one of the really intriguing co-founders of C-Span.
(Eric Rosand is a senior fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation in New York and a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation). Thanks, Matt, for following this thread.
(Matthew Levitt is a Senior fellow and Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy). Eric raises excellent points.
(Eric Rosand is a senior fellow at the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation in New York and a nonresident fellow at New York University’s Center on International Cooperation).
From 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm EST today, The Washington Note will be streaming live a New America Foundation discussion cosponsored with the Nixon Center on what a Nixonian re-do of US-Cuba relations might look like.
(Matthew Levitt is a Senior fellow and Director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy). I do not think we are concentrating too much on terrorism, it legitimately belongs at the very top of the list of national security threats we face today.
Is there a chance that we are concentrating too much on terrorism? If so, how have some of the policy trade-offs manifested themselves? Should the next president de-emphasize terrorism relative to other national security priorities? — Steve Clemons This week long terrorism salon will continue to be hosted by The Washington Note and UN Dispatch.
Oakley the Amazing Weimaraner checks in from the lake.
