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    <title><![CDATA[National Security Project |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
    <link>http://www.ciponline.orgresearch/commentary</link>
    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The F-22: Final Delivery for a Flying Disaster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-f-22-final-delivery-flying-disaster</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-f-22-final-delivery-flying-disaster#When:14:32:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin executives describe the plane as "the baddest bird on the planet" and "an icon of American power." The facts suggest otherwise]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-03T14:32:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two cases where a will to act is lacking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-cases-where-will-to-act-lacking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-cases-where-will-to-act-lacking#When:17:03:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Harry Blaney responds to two items published in the Financial Times about the future of Syria and of the future of Europe]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[National Security Project, Middle East, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T17:03:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Readers Respond to Leaner Defense Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/readers-respond-to-leaner-defense-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/readers-respond-to-leaner-defense-spending#When:00:52:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If The Post is going to use President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s maxims to challenge President Obama’s “strategic guidance” on defense spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-08T00:52:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bush/Obama War Against Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bush-obama-war-against-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bush-obama-war-against-truth#When:15:41:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Pvt. Bradley Manning appeared in a military courtroom at Fort Meade, Maryland, last week, it was his first public appearance in more than 19 months. Manning has been held without trial for the past year and a half; only now is a hearing being conducted to determine if there is sufficient evidence to refer his case to a general court martial]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T15:41:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sunday Dialogue: Ideas for Cutting Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sunday-dialogue-ideas-for-cutting-military-spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sunday-dialogue-ideas-for-cutting-military-spending#When:11:50:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. Korb cites key areas of the defense budget that could be cut or eliminated, but he doesn’t go far enough.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-10T11:50:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Davids: The WPost’s Ignatius, Broder Compete For Biggest CIA Apologist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-broder-compete-for-biggest-cia-apologist</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-broder-compete-for-biggest-cia-apologist#When:13:00:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[David Broder, the senior op-ed writer at the Washington Post, has joined his colleagues (Fred Hiatt, David Ignatius, and Richard Cohen) in condemning]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-03T13:00:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WPost’s Neocons In High Dungeon Over European Missile Shield]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-in-high-dungeon-over-european-missile-shield</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-in-high-dungeon-over-european-missile-shield#When:17:05:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past several months, the editorial and oped writers of the Washington Post have railed against Russia as expansionist and assertive]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-23T17:05:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217; Disappointing Legacy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert_gates_disappointing_legacy#When:14:36:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower's warning about the "military-industrial complex," it is time to address the "undue influence" of the Pentagon and the "misplaced power" of the military-congressional lobby.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:36:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates: A Tough Act to Follow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/sec_of_defense_robert_gates_a_tough_act_to_follow#When:14:51:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIA director Leon Panetta soon will become secretary of defense, taking over Washington's largest and most powerful bureaucracy with a budget that amounts to nearly 60 percent of discretionary federal spending]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:51:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[US-Pakistani Relations: The Tail Still Wags the Dog]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us_pakistani_relations_the_tail_still_wags_the_dog#When:15:25:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During the worst days of the cold war, the United States and the Soviet Union learned that their third-world clients ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-14T15:25:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ike&#8217;s Warning Resonates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ikes-warning-resonates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ikes-warning-resonates#When:10:41:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[50 years later, Obama should learn Eisenhower's lesson about the military-industrial complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-01-17T10:41:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA Dodges Guilt for Peru Tragedy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-dodges-guilt-for-peru-tragedy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-dodges-guilt-for-peru-tragedy#When:12:05:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In this guest essay, former CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman recounts another example of how senior CIA officials dodged accountability for a trigger-happy program]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-04T12:05:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panetta and Obama Gut CIA Oversight]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-and-obama-gut-cia-oversight</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-and-obama-gut-cia-oversight#When:15:57:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and CIA Director Leon Panetta have managed to accomplish what the Bush administration and three CIA directors failed to do over a five-year period ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-11-29T15:57:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence in Four US Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-uses-and-misuses-of-intelligence-in-four-us-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-uses-and-misuses-of-intelligence-in-four-us-wars#When:17:17:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Harry S. Truman created the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947 to ensure that the policy community would have access to independent intelligence analysis ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-15T17:17:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bob Woodward&#8217;s &#8220;Obama&#8217;s Wars&#8221; and the Importance of Reportage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-wars-and-importance-of-reportage</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-wars-and-importance-of-reportage#When:12:41:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Bob Woodward's "Obama's Wars" offers a disturbing account of President Barack Obama's lack of leadership and the flawed decision-making practices of his national security team.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-06T12:41:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[An Inside Look at the Afghan Debacle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/an-inside-look-at-afghan-debacle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/an-inside-look-at-afghan-debacle#When:13:00:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although Woodward never explicitly says so, he makes a strong case that President Obama has redefined and expanded a war that neither he nor his leading advisers believe ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-10-05T13:00:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Most Inexplicable Failure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-most-inexplicable-failure</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-most-inexplicable-failure#When:16:36:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has been a major disappointment to a liberal community that rallied to his call for genuine change. His administration has made no attempt to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-15T16:36:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Military-Industrial Complex&#8217;s Win]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-military-industrial-complexs-win</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-military-industrial-complexs-win#When:16:47:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Barack Obama’s crippling inheritance as President of the United States is the near-five-decade failure of the nation’s political leadership to heed President Dwight]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-10T16:47:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Bungled Military Strategies - Part III]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-bungled-military-strategies-part-iii</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-bungled-military-strategies-part-iii#When:16:47:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama inherited a difficult national security situation — wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; an exaggerated and counterproductive war on terror ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-07-08T16:47:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pentagon Threat to the Republic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-threat-to-the-republic</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-threat-to-the-republic#When:13:28:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The New York Times' David Brooks minimized General Stanley McChrystal's remarks in Rolling Stone magazine as "kvetching."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-28T13:28:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Pentagon&#8217;s Threat to the Republic]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-pentagons-threat-to-the-republic</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-pentagons-threat-to-the-republic#When:10:52:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The New York Times' David Brooks minimized General Stanley McChrystal's remarks in Rolling Stone magazine as "kvetching." For the Times' Maureen Dowd, McChrystal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-28T10:52:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Tightens Grip on the Obama Administration and the Intelligence Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-tightens-grip-on-obama-administration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/pentagon-tightens-grip-on-obama-administration#When:11:02:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's appointment of retired Gen. James Clapper as the director of national intelligence (DNI) demonstrates the Pentagon's enormous influence]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-06-08T11:02:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[David Ignatius: CIA&#8217;s Senior Apologist Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/david-ignatius-cias-senior-apologist-strikes-again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/david-ignatius-cias-senior-apologist-strikes-again#When:11:30:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[David Ignatius, The Washington Post's self-appointed apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency, has struck again. Last year, Ignatius argued that it was "just ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-05-25T11:30:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Self-Importance of Being Robert M. Gates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/self-importance-of-being-robert-gates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/self-importance-of-being-robert-gates#When:11:40:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The leak of a sensitive policy memorandum from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the president's national security adviser points to both a serious lack of discipline within the Obama administration as well as the defense secretary's effort to steal a march on his national security colleagues]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-29T11:40:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama’s Nuclear Policy:&nbsp; No Sign of Audacity; Some Sign of Hope]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-nuclear-policy-no-sign-of-audacity-some-sign-of-hope</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-nuclear-policy-no-sign-of-audacity-some-sign-of-hope#When:13:39:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The good news is that President Barack Obama has ended the Bush administration's campaign against disarmament and has returned to traditional approaches toward arms control.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-04-19T13:39:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu the Intransigent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/benjamin-netanyahu-the-intransigent</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/benjamin-netanyahu-the-intransigent#When:12:07:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Former Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban once said that the Palestinians "never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." Well, the same can be said for the Israelis
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-23T12:07:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Too Much Bang, Bang: The Need to Demilitarize US National Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/need-to-demilitarize-us-national-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/need-to-demilitarize-us-national-security#When:15:32:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a provocative and even dangerous speech at the National Defense University (NDU) last week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Americas, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-17T15:32:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Lies of Karl Rove]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-lies-of-karl-rove</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-lies-of-karl-rove#When:16:19:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Joseph Goebbels, the leading propagandist of the Third Reich, believed in the power of the lie; the greater the lie, the greater the power.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-01T16:19:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Secret History of Gen. Alexander Haig]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secret-history-gen-alexander-haig</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secret-history-gen-alexander-haig#When:15:57:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The obituaries in the mainstream media failed to capture the full extent of the controversy and confrontation that marked Gen. Alexander M. Haig’s political career]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-03-01T15:57:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA and Intelligence Community Mythologies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-intelligence-community-mythologies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-intelligence-community-mythologies#When:11:58:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last month's operational and intelligence failures led to the deaths of seven CIA officers in Afghanistan and might have resulted in nearly 300 deaths on a Northwest Airlines plane headed for Detroit.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-23T11:58:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Pick to Investigate Northwest Bomb Attempt Assures Failure Won&#8217;t Be Punished]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cover-ups-continue1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cover-ups-continue1#When:16:20:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has made many mistakes in his handling of the CIA that could be attributed to his inexperience and his reliance on intelligence officials]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-13T16:20:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama, the CIA and the Master of the Cover-Up]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-cia-and-master-of-cover-up</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-cia-and-master-of-cover-up#When:13:31:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration quietly announced Friday the appointment of John McLaughlin, former deputy CIA director, to head the internal investigation of the 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-11T13:31:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Goodness Gracious, David Ignatius]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/goodness-gracious-david-ignatius</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/goodness-gracious-david-ignatius#When:10:26:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under the stewardship of neoconservative Fred Hiatt, the editorial and op-ed pages of The Washington Post have steadily moved to the right; the paper's key writers ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-11T10:26:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Foreign Policy Report Card: A Gentleman&#8217;s &#8220;C&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-foreign-policy-report-card-a-gentlemans-c</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-foreign-policy-report-card-a-gentlemans-c#When:13:09:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Nearly a year into the Obama presidency, it is time to gauge Barack Obama's performance in the foreign and national security arena, assessing his policy, personnel]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-08T13:09:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[To Stop a Terrorist: No Lack of Ideas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-stop-a-terrorist-no-lack-of-ideas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/to-stop-a-terrorist-no-lack-of-ideas#When:13:15:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[You correctly demand a ''clearheaded, nonpoliticized assessment of what went wrong'' in the Christmas Day terrorism plot and ''nonhysterical remedies'' to prevent]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-05T13:15:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[9/11 and Christmas 2009: Two Examples of a Failure of Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/9-11-and-christmas-2009</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/9-11-and-christmas-2009#When:13:17:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One week after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice told the press corps, "This isn't Pearl Harbor."]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-01-04T13:17:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[High Noon in the White House]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high-noon-in-the-white-house</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high-noon-in-the-white-house#When:14:14:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama noted last week after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize that the United States]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-14T14:14:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Logistical Nightmares May Doom U.S. Surge in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/logistical-nightmares-may-doom-us-surge-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/logistical-nightmares-may-doom-us-surge-afghanistan#When:14:20:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-08T14:20:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strategy and Logistics in Afghanistan: Flawed Thinking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strategy-and-logistics-in-afghanistan-flawed-thinking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strategy-and-logistics-in-afghanistan-flawed-thinking#When:14:24:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Logistics will be the key to introducing 30,000 soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan in the next six to seven months]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-12-04T14:24:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama and the Intelligence Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-and-intelligence-community</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obama-and-intelligence-community#When:14:27:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama has had nearly a year to make necessary changes in the intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-24T14:27:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Revisiting the Rehabilitation of Defense Secretary Robert Gates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/revisiting-rehabilitation-of-defense-secretary-robert-gates</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/revisiting-rehabilitation-of-defense-secretary-robert-gates#When:15:13:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-13T15:13:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Timid Use of the &#8220;Reset Button&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-timid-use-of-the-reset-button</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-timid-use-of-the-reset-button#When:15:27:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, will go down in history as one of America's worst presidents, squandering diplomatic]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-11-05T15:27:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Gates is Not a Diplomat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-secretary-gates-is-not-a-diplomat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/defense-secretary-gates-is-not-a-diplomat#When:16:39:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has played the "ugly American" in Tokyo, cast in a role he should not be given]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-28T16:39:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Washington Post Creates Its Own Facts to Support Afghan Nation-Building]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-creates-own-facts-to-support-afghan-nation-building</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-creates-own-facts-to-support-afghan-nation-building#When:16:50:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is creating its own facts in order to support its argument for US nation-building in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-22T16:50:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Urgent Need to Demilitarize the National Security State]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-urgent-need-to-demilitarize-the-national-security-state</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-urgent-need-to-demilitarize-the-national-security-state#When:16:55:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The national security policy inherited by President Barack Obama has been increasingly militarized over the past two decades despite the collapse of the Berlin Wall]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-20T16:55:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why President Obama Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-president-obama-deserved-the-nobel-peace-prize</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-president-obama-deserved-the-nobel-peace-prize#When:16:59:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s willingness to confront the lawlessness and the calumnies of the Bush administration makes him a worthy and obvious]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-11T16:59:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Prospect of Change in US Relations with Russia, Iran and Afghanistan Alarms the Washington Post]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prospect-of-change-in-relations-with-russia-iran-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prospect-of-change-in-relations-with-russia-iran-afghanistan#When:17:00:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is running scared these days with its editorial writers having great difficulty coming to terms with the possibility of improved US relations]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-09T17:00:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Five Myths on Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/five-myths-on-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/five-myths-on-afghanistan#When:16:59:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is entering a crucial decision-making phase on Afghanistan at a time when geopolitical mythology is dominating the debate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-02T16:59:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WPost’s Neocons Aim Their Editorial Guns At Iran]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-aim-their-editorial-guns-at-iran</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-neocons-aim-their-editorial-guns-at-iran#When:11:24:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The neocon editorial writers at the Washington Post used the run-up to the Geneva meetings between the United States and Iran to marginalize]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-10-02T11:24:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intelligence Vets Back Torture Probe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-vets-back-torture-probe</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-vets-back-torture-probe#When:17:20:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We write you, Mr. President, as former intelligence professionals to voice strong support for Attorney General Eric Holder’s authorization of a wider]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-27T17:20:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven Former CIA Directors Want To Bury The Truth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seven-former-cia-directors-want-to-bury-truth</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seven-former-cia-directors-want-to-bury-truth#When:17:03:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week, seven former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, who made their own contributions to the CIA’s low esteem over the past 35 years]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-23T17:03:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[One More Feckless Study on Intelligence Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/one-more-feckless-study-on-intelligence-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/one-more-feckless-study-on-intelligence-reform#When:14:40:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The prestigious Brookings Institution has joined the ranks of various government and public institutions to suggest reform steps for the Central Intelligence Agency ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-17T14:40:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exaggeration of the Threat: Then and Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/exaggeration-of-the-threat-then-and-now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/exaggeration-of-the-threat-then-and-now#When:15:11:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A recently declassified study on Soviet intentions during the Cold War identifies significant failures in U.S. intelligence analysis on Soviet military intentions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-14T15:11:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two More Obstacles to Intelligence Reform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-more-obstacles-to-intelligence-reform</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/two-more-obstacles-to-intelligence-reform#When:15:15:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The appointment of former Central Intelligence Agency director Michael Hayden to the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) and former senator Warren Rudman ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-10T15:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Déjà Vu All Over Again: The Media Beats the War Drums for Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/media-beats-the-war-drums-for-afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/media-beats-the-war-drums-for-afghanistan#When:15:18:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is currently facing the most two important decisions of his young presidency. On Wednesday, we will learn whether he has the intestinal fortitude ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-08T15:18:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8216;Unanswerable&#8217; Questions on Torture are Actually Answerable]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/unanswerable-questions-on-torture-are-actually-answerable</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/unanswerable-questions-on-torture-are-actually-answerable#When:15:23:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Richard Cohen argued that "no one can possibly believe that America is now safer because of the new restrictions on enhanced interrogation and the subsequent appointment ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-06T15:23:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA IG Describes Interrogation Crime Scene and Becomes a Major Victim]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-ig-describes-interrogation-crime-scene-becomes-major-victim</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-ig-describes-interrogation-crime-scene-becomes-major-victim#When:15:31:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama is permitting CIA Director Leon Panetta to weaken the Agency’s’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG has produced the only official ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-09-02T15:31:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Washington Post Redux: Going from the Sublime to the Ridiculous]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/going-from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/going-from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous#When:16:49:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It only took 24 hours for the Washington Post to go from the sublime to the ridiculous. On Saturday morning, the newspaper described the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheik 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-31T16:49:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exposed: The WPost’s One-Sided Account of Torture and Abuse]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-one-sided-account-of-torture-and-abuse</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-one-sided-account-of-torture-and-abuse#When:16:47:57Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The lead story in today’s Washington Post, headlined “How a Detainee Became An Asset,” provides a one-sided and distorted account of the torture and abuse of Khalid Sheikh ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-29T16:47:57+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[WPost’s Ignatius Forgives the CIA Again and Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-forgives-the-cia-again-and-again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wposts-ignatius-forgives-the-cia-again-and-again#When:17:26:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post’s David Ignatius simply cannot get off the wheel he spins for the Central Intelligence Agency. Only two days after the release of the 2004 CIA study]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-26T17:26:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time For The CIA’s Chief Apologist to Apologize]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-for-the-cias-chief-apologist-to-apologize</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time-for-the-cias-chief-apologist-to-apologize#When:17:24:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past two decades, the Washington Post’s David Ignatius has been the mainstream media’s most active apologist for the transgressions of the Central Intelligence ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-23T17:24:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secrets and the CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secrets-and-the-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/secrets-and-the-cia#When:14:59:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[To the Editor: Re “Obama Administration Weighs In on State Secrets, Raising Concern on the Left,” by Adam Liptak (Sidebar column, Aug. 4): My 24 years as an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (1966-90) taught me that national security is only the ostensible reason for using the state secrets privilege in cases before the court
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-04T14:59:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panetta’s Pathetic Attempt to Get Lawmakers to Ignore CIA Crimes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panettas-pathetic-attempt-to-get-lawmakers-to-ignore-cia-crimes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panettas-pathetic-attempt-to-get-lawmakers-to-ignore-cia-crimes#When:15:07:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The ideological partnership between the Washington Post and the Central Intelligence Agency is becoming despicable. For the past several weeks, the Post has carried a series of editorial and op-eds that were designed to prevent the release of the Justice Department]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-08-01T15:07:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Pens Another Exculpatory Brief for CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wps-david-ignatius-pens-another-exculpatory-brief-for-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wps-david-ignatius-pens-another-exculpatory-brief-for-cia#When:16:13:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A week ago, Ignatius argued that it was “just plain nuts” to have an investigation and that CIA operatives would refuse assignments in counterterrorism in the wake of any investigation. What Ignatius doesn’t do is discuss the legal and moral implications of a secret assassination program or the CIA’s tortured history in this field]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-23T16:13:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[David Ignatius: The Mainstream Media’s Chief Apologist for CIA Crimes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mainstream-medias-chief-apologist-for-cia-crimes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mainstream-medias-chief-apologist-for-cia-crimes#When:16:43:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post’s David Ignatius has become the mainstream media’s apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency. In Thursday’s column, he has lambasted Attorney General Eric Holder for even considering the appointment of a prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes by CIA officers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-07-16T16:43:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jane Mayer and the New Yorker Give CIA Director Panetta A Pass]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/jane-mayer-and-new-yorker-give-cia-director-panetta-a-pass</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/jane-mayer-and-new-yorker-give-cia-director-panetta-a-pass#When:17:37:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past several years, we have been indebted to tough-minded reporters such as Jane Mayer, whose articles in the New Yorker and her excellent book]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-23T17:37:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panetta Continues the CIA&#8217;s Culture of Covering Up Abuses and Crimes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-continues-cias-culture-covering-up-abuses-crimes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/panetta-continues-cias-culture-covering-up-abuses-crimes#When:16:51:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CIA Director Leon Panetta is continuing the culture of cover-up that has plagued the Agency for the past three decades, ever since William Casey and Robert Gates collaborated in the 1980s to hide the crimes of Iran-contra and to politicize sensitive intelligence]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-17T16:51:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The U.S. and North Korea: The Need for an About Face]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-north-korea-need-for-about-face</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/us-north-korea-need-for-about-face#When:16:59:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The current drift in U.S. policy toward North Korea is exposing the weakness of President Obama’s foreign policy team, specifically the absence of both a lead strategic voice and an advisor with North Korean expertise. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Asia, North Korea, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-06-05T16:59:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The CIA&#8217;s History of Bamboozling the Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cias-history-of-bamboozling-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cias-history-of-bamboozling-congress#When:17:08:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this,” CIA director Leon Panetta told his troops last week, “it was not CIA policy or practice to mislead Congress. That is against our laws and our values.” Of course, Panetta is entitled to his opinions, but he cannot create his own facts]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-05-22T17:08:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[CIA and the Washington Post: Joined at the Hip]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-washington-post-joined-at-the-hip</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-and-washington-post-joined-at-the-hip#When:18:31:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under the stewardship of Fred Hiatt, the editorial and op-ed pages of the Washington Post have gradually moved to the right.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-26T18:31:45+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Action Memo for Obama: Recommendations for dealing with Torture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/recommendations-for-dealing-with-torture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/recommendations-for-dealing-with-torture#When:15:28:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is displaying ambivalence in handling the issue of torture and abuse]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-25T15:28:05+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Search for a Moral Compass]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-search-for-a-moral-compass</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-search-for-a-moral-compass#When:16:27:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Some countries never acknowledge their crimes. It has been 95 years since the Turkish genocide against its Armenian population, but the Turkish government will not confess to any role in crimes that were committed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-13T16:27:54+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Gates Doctrine: Caveat Emptor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-doctrine-caveat-emptor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-doctrine-caveat-emptor#When:16:36:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has learned very little from the military trials and tribulations of the United States over the past 50 years. During that period, the United States has lost three costly and avoidable wars in Southeast Asia]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-07T16:36:40+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama Needs to Walk the Walk On Arms Control]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-needs-to-walk-the-walk-on-arms-control</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-needs-to-walk-the-walk-on-arms-control#When:17:32:59Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is successfully taking the rhetorical high ground on the key issue of arms control and disarmament, but it is time for actions to supplement his words. President Eisenhower’s warnings about the military-industrial complex]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-06T17:32:59+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Obama is Talking the Talk on Arms Control, But It&#8217;s Time to Walk the Walk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-talking-talk-on-arms-control-but-time-to-walk-the-walk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-talking-talk-on-arms-control-but-time-to-walk-the-walk#When:10:23:48Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama is successfully taking the rhetorical high ground on the key issue of arms control and disarmament, but it is time for actions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-06T10:23:48+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Colossal Failure of The Office of The Director of National Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colossal-failure-of-office-of-director-of-national-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colossal-failure-of-office-of-director-of-national-intelligence#When:11:06:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Like its counterpart, the office of Homeland Security, the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has been a colossal failure. Both offices were created in the wake of 9/11 as part of the nervous and unnecessary overreaction to the terrorist attacks on 9/11]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-04-02T11:06:31+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[President Obama&#8217;s Briar Patch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-briar-patch</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/president-obamas-briar-patch#When:11:24:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Alexander the Great couldn’t do; Queen Victoria couldn’t do it; three successive Soviet general-secretaries from 1979 to 1985 couldn’t do it. Both his writings and his first two months in office indicate that President Obama is a man of great confidence and persistence.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-29T11:24:21+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The CIA and Director Leon Panetta: Plus Ca Change, Plus C&#8217;est La Meme Chose]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plus-ca-change-plus-cest-la-meme-chose</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/plus-ca-change-plus-cest-la-meme-chose#When:10:51:06Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s CIA director, Leon Panetta, needed only one month to establish that he lacks the courage, contrariness, judgment, and]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-18T10:51:06+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217;s Big Lie On The Iraq War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war#When:11:48:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Gates to be director of central intelligence (DCI), but he was denied confirmation because a majority of members on the Senate intelligence committee believed he was lying about his knowledge and role in Iran-contra]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-13T11:48:25+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Robert Gates&#8217;s Big Lie On The Iraq War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war1</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/robert-gatess-big-lie-on-the-iraq-war1#When:10:55:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1985, President Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Gates to be director of central intelligence (DCI), but he was denied confirmation because]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-13T10:55:27+00:00</dc:date>
    </item>



    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Israeli Lobby Knocks Down Charles Freeman]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/israeli-lobby-knocks-down-charles-freeman</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/israeli-lobby-knocks-down-charles-freeman#When:11:51:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Israel is capable of debating sensitive national security issues dealing with a variety of Israeli-Arab issues, but this does not appear to be possible in the United States. During the presidential campaign last fall, Barack Obama told a Jewish gathering in Cleveland that he was “struck” while visiting]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-12T11:51:07+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[An Agenda for Demilitarizing American National Security Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/agenda-for-demilitarizing-american-national-security-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/agenda-for-demilitarizing-american-national-security-policy#When:11:17:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At the Democratic Party convention last summer, former President Bill Clinton said it was time for the United States to pursue the “power of its example” and to be less reliant on the “example of its power.”  In the wake of a misbegotten war in Iraq, a misconceived war in Afghanistan]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-05T11:17:21+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Need to End the Militarization of American National Security Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/need-to-end-militarization-of-national-security-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/need-to-end-militarization-of-national-security-policy#When:11:01:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s first budget request, which marks a fundamental reordering of national priorities, has been described as the largest ideological swing]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-03-03T11:01:35+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[The Washington Post and Russian-American Relations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-and-russian-american-relations</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/washington-post-and-russian-american-relations#When:11:13:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past several weeks, the Washington Post has featured numerous editorials and articles denigrating Russia as more expansionist and assertive]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Europe & Russia, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-25T11:13:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Caveat Emptor: Obama Getting Economic Briefings from CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-getting-economic-briefings-from-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-getting-economic-briefings-from-cia#When:11:54:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Yesterday President Obama received his first Economic Intelligence Briefing report from the CIA.  The report will become a regular item in the daily intelligence briefing at the White House; it comes in the wake of the new intelligence tsar’s testimony to the congressional intelligence committees that placed international economic uncertainty]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-02-12T11:54:47+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Gates: An Old Dog Up to His Old Tricks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/an-old-dog-up-to-his-old-tricks</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/an-old-dog-up-to-his-old-tricks#When:10:47:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Jan. 27, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in efforts to change the tone, and perhaps the substance, of U.S. relations with the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T10:47:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The CIA&#8217;s Handling of The Washington Post]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cias-handling-of-the-washington-post</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-cias-handling-of-the-washington-post#When:12:23:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Jan. 7, the Washington Post published a front-page lead article and an oped on the nomination of Leon Panetta as CIA director; both articles exaggerated the extent of opposition to the Panetta appointment and demonstrated the weakness of mainstream media coverage of the intelligence community]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-08T12:23:32+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Right Man for the Job]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/right-man-for-the-job</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/right-man-for-the-job#When:13:36:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has made an outstanding move in naming Leon E. Panetta to reform the beleaguered Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Panetta is a savvy and sophisticated political operative who was a consumer of intelligence as chief of staff in the Clinton White House in the 1990s]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2009-01-07T13:36:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s Mishandling of the Intelligence Community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-mishandling-of-the-intelligence-community</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-mishandling-of-the-intelligence-community#When:11:09:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama spoke out against the militarization and politicization ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-29T11:09:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Case Against Retaining Gates at the Pentagon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-case-against-retaining-gates-at-the-pentagon</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-case-against-retaining-gates-at-the-pentagon#When:11:19:25Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama’s apparent interest in retaining Robert Gates as secretary of defense and his appointment of two former subordinates]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-24T11:19:25+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Picks Weak National Security Team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-picks-weak-national-security-team</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-picks-weak-national-security-team#When:11:17:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, President-elect Bill Clinton headed for Washington with a national security team that ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-18T11:17:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama’s Weak National Security Team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-weak-national-security-team</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-weak-national-security-team#When:11:19:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sixteen years ago, President-elect Bill Clinton headed for Washington with a national security team that ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-12-15T11:19:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Should Give Bush’s Defense Chief the Gate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-should-give-bushs-defense-chief-the-gate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama-should-give-bushs-defense-chief-the-gate#When:11:23:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama´s apparent interest in retaining Robert M. Gates as defense secretary]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-25T11:23:14+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Change in Intelligence?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-in-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/change-in-intelligence#When:11:26:20Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama is sending conflicting signals on whether he intends to change the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-11-14T11:26:20+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Housecleaning Time for the CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/housecleaning-time-for-the-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/housecleaning-time-for-the-cia#When:16:03:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. presidents have been reluctant to reform the Central Intelligence Agency. Often, their first ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-07-17T16:03:32+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[CIA Myths]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-myths</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cia-myths#When:11:23:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The time for serious soul-searching regarding the role of the CIA and the intelligence community is long overdue.  The recent intelligence failures regarding]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-02-21T11:23:39+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Intelligence Community Learned From Iraq Debacle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-community-learned-from-iraq-debacle</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/intelligence-community-learned-from-iraq-debacle#When:15:49:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S intelligence agencies have concluded in a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that Iran halted its ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-12-06T15:49:16+00:00</dc:date>
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    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Memo on the Nomination of Michael Mukasey by former U.S. Intelligence Officers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nomination-michael-mukasey-intelligence-officers</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/nomination-michael-mukasey-intelligence-officers#When:11:18:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Values that are extremely important to us as former intelligence officers are at stake in your committee's confirmation deliberations on Judge Michael Mukasey.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-11-06T11:18:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Danger in Militarizing Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/danger-in-militarizing-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/danger-in-militarizing-intelligence#When:14:58:10Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In his July 8 op-ed, "Getting the CIA We Need," David Ignatius said the "White House has done better on intelligence during the past year," during which the Pentagon]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-07-13T14:58:10+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tenet&#8217;s Defense of the Indefensible]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tenets-defense-of-the-indefensible</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tenets-defense-of-the-indefensible#When:16:46:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[George J. Tenet's At the Center of the Storm is a self-serving and misleading account of his role in helping the Bush administration make its]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-05-07T16:46:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Military takes Over Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/military-takes-over-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/military-takes-over-intelligence#When:15:20:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The expected confirmation of retired Navy Adm. Mike McConnell as director of national intelligence will complete the Pentagon's takeover of the intelligence community]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2007-01-12T15:20:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gates is a Poor Choice]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-is-a-poor-choice</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates-is-a-poor-choice#When:12:56:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation has unloaded a great deal of unwelcome baggage for the Bush administration, but the nomination of Robert M. Gates is unlikely to help resolve the war in Iraq or the military's opposition to the civilian leadership at the Pentagon.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-11-17T12:56:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wrong Man to Replace Rumsfeld]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wrong-man-to-replace-rumsfeld</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wrong-man-to-replace-rumsfeld#When:13:03:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld's resignation has unloaded a great deal of unwelcome baggage for the Bush administration, but the nomination of Robert M. Gates is unlikely to help resolve the disastrous war in Iraq or the uniformed military's opposition to the civilian leadership at the Pentagon.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-11-10T13:03:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Post-9/11 Reforms Have Made Us Safer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/post-9-11-reforms-have-made-us-safer</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/post-9-11-reforms-have-made-us-safer#When:12:54:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon five years ago exposed fundamental weaknesses in America's intelligence community, particularly the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-09-10T12:54:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Some Reports Regarding Iraq Never Made it to Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/some-reports-regarding-iraq-never-made-it-to-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/some-reports-regarding-iraq-never-made-it-to-congress#When:13:23:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush, in defense of his decision to use force in Iraq, contends that Congress supported the decision and that it had access to the same intelligence available to the White House.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-11-23T13:23:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Righting the CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/righting-the-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/righting-the-cia#When:14:34:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the years, there have been many attempts to politicize intelligence. But no government has been so blatant as the Bush administration. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-11-19T14:34:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Truth in intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/truth-in-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/truth-in-intelligence#When:11:33:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The resignation of George J. Tenet as CIA director was long overdue, but fundamental steps are essential to allow his successor to control the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-06-08T11:33:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/militarization-us-foreign-policy</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/militarization-us-foreign-policy#When:14:48:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The fall of the Soviet Union handed the U.S. a unique opportunity, as the surviving superpower, to lead the world toward a period of greater cooperation ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-19T14:48:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Restoring Faith in Intelligence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/restoring-faith-in-intelligence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/restoring-faith-in-intelligence#When:14:38:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is unable to grasp that it has presided over the worst intelligence scandal in the history of the United States and that the credibility]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-02-09T14:38:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Goodman: U.S. intelligence used for propaganda]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/goodman-us-intelligence-propaganda</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/goodman-us-intelligence-propaganda#When:14:56:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The worst intelligence scandal in U.S. history has shaken the Bush administration's credibility and promises to complicate U.S. foreign]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-01-05T14:56:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The White House, Congress and the CIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-white-house-congress-and-the-cia</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-white-house-congress-and-the-cia#When:13:58:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Center forInternational Policy, discusses the misuse of intelligence and the need to protect CIA operatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-10-01T13:58:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Weapons Failure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/weapons-failure</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/weapons-failure#When:13:46:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - It now appears that the so-called "clear and present danger" of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD) did not exist and that French and German critics were correctly skeptical of the U.S. argument for the use of force.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-05-22T13:46:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iraq in check]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iraq-in-check</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/iraq-in-check#When:14:10:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's statement to the U.N. Security Council was a compelling case for intensifying international inspection, but not war.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, National Security Project, Middle East, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2003-02-09T14:10:41+00:00</dc:date>
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