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…tate regional missile defense. So what is to be done? It is an interregnum right now in Israel, and the new Netanyahu government will have to shape its approach. But allow me, just before I leave my post, to share with you my positions: The Middle East is a Gestalt — everythi...

…’m wondering whether to write about it — again; have done so repeatedly. It’s like talking to a wall. Iran has an awful government, though by the standards of such US allies as Saudi Arabia, it’s practically heaven. Nevertheless, better to have the treaty than not to, given the...

…77. But he got only 44 seats, to the Likud’s 41. After weeks of horse-trading with smaller parties, he could not form a government. Neither could Shamir. The result, for the first time in peacetime, was a national-unity coalition, including both main parties. Peres would be Prime...

… My policy is one of prevention, and not one of containment— and the President has made clear that is the policy of our government. As Secretary of Defense, I will make sure the Department is prepared for any contingency.” Satloff's views were echoed by another tough-talking off...

…de for his successor. But under Israeli law, he would remain Prime Minister until she either succeeded in forming a new government or called early elections. She opted in the end for Option B, and the election was set for February 2009. That meant Olmert would still be Prime Min...

…izon. It offered a new penetration opportunity at the NSA: civilian technologists working under con- tract for the U.S. government. Many of these civilians at the NSA, especially the younger ones, as we know, had been drawn from the hacking and game-playing culture; some had even...

…sraeli generals with far more experience, and weight, also seemed to agree. Notably, Yitzhak Rabin. He was no longer in government, nor even in charge of Labor. But he had always had a soft spot for Arik, as did Sharon for him. With uneasiness, questions and outright criticism of...

…ed here. Efforts by fringe Islamist groups to challenge Hamas have had little effect. And it has been a year since the government unsuccessfully sought to impose tighter religious restrictions by banning women from smoking water pipes in public. On a recent afternoon in the new...

…ere was something perversely comforting about having the Assads around. I had my own fair share of illusions during my government career, but the Assads were never one of them. I could never quite understand my colleagues' fascination with the brutal Syrian regime. To me, Bashar...

…ount Folke Bernadotte. “Why are you so strident,” Shamir asked me, only half-jokingly, after ’'d insisted on joining a government discussion and pressing several intelligence matters. “It’s because I’ve read the Lebanon inquiry,” I replied. “I saw what happened when a message is...

…d have meant that, at the very minimum, Hong Kong authorities would seize him and the alleged stolen property of the US government in his possession. Even if he was released on bail, the Hong Kong authorities would almost certainly retain all the NSA and GCHQ files he had gone to...

… Nat Hentoff wrote a long front-page analysis of the Village Voice. Hentoff warned his readers of the consequences of a government victory in the Reems case. Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law School professor and one of the nation’s preeminent constitutional lawyers, has never been...

…s not list him as a convicted sex offender. As part of its investigation, the Herald learned that in 2013, the federal government conceded that it had given Epstein what it called “valuable consideration” for information he provided to the FBI as part of his plea deal. The docum...

…or prior to their appointment to the cabinet. You know what the private business sector is a real-life business, not a government job Here are the percentages. T. Roosevelt..................... 38% Taft.................................. 40% Wilson ................................

…inney had been a...” —Frontline Interview, “William Binney,” PBS. December 13, 3013, //www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/government- elections-politics/united-states-of-secrets/the-frontline-interview- william-binney/ 22. “What you know as Stellar Wind,”-- Andy Greenberg, “These...