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    <title><![CDATA[Transparency & Accountability |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Missed Their Chance To Say No to Bribery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/missed-chance-say-no-to-bribery#When:09:44:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Holman W. Jenkins Jr.'s ambivalent portrait of the Wal-Mart of Mexico bribery scandal in his April 25 Business World column]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-07T09:44:49+00:00</dc:date>
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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[More Chicanery in the Cases of the Cuban Five]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/more-chicanery-in-cases-of-cuban-five#When:09:20:16Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Many Americans seem to believe the now-famous Cuban Five were spies working for Havana against the United States and therefore deserve what they got – years in prison. But that is far from the truth]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-29T09:20:16+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tax Dodging Jeopardizes Society at Home and Abroad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-dodging-jeopardizes-society-home-abroad</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tax-dodging-jeopardizes-society-home-abroad#When:13:11:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Highways, schools and law enforcement. Firefighters, courts and national security. These are just some of the many, essential public services that are funded by our tax dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Americas, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-17T13:11:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control#When:11:11:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-12T11:11:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out#When:14:43:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T14:43:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Flying Under the Radar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar#When:10:24:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T10:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mitt Romney&#8217;s Bermuda (tax) Holiday]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mitt-romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mitt-romneys-bermuda-tax-holiday#When:12:11:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mitt Romney’s direction of Bain Capital’s tax avoidance activities now threaten to become a major campaign issue. But how questionable are his actions? We need to ask: “What would I do if I could legally avoid paying income tax?”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T12:11:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Outflows, Not Aid, Must Be Curtailed to Fight Poverty]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/outflows-not-aid-must-be-curtailed-to-fight-poverty</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/outflows-not-aid-must-be-curtailed-to-fight-poverty#When:12:43:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We learned some devastating news last month. A new study from Global Financial Integrity revealed that despite the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008, the developing world still suffered nearly $1 trillion in illicit financial outflows in 2009]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T12:43:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Make tax evasion criminal offence, push for other reforms to combat black money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/make-tax-evasion-criminal-offence-push-for-other-reforms-to-combat-black-mo</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/make-tax-evasion-criminal-offence-push-for-other-reforms-to-combat-black-mo#When:17:41:03Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is encouraging to see the zealous enthusiasm that has surfaced in India over the past few years on eliminating black money or illicit financial flows. While many other countries are taking modest steps to curtail illicit flows, India has gone ahead to make the issue one of pressing national importance. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-07T17:41:03+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fiddling on Climate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/carlsen-fiddling-climate#When:15:33:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The image of Nero fiddling as Rome burned—albeit apocryphal-- has stuck as the metaphor for willfully irresponsible government.  Government representatives, gathered at climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, have been fiddling for the past week]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-07T15:33:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness: Raymond Baker attacks world&#8217;s &#8220;shadow&#8221; financial system]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system#When:11:34:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, speaking at a Christian Aid campaigning event in Manchester, said the world's "shadow" financial system of illicit deals was costing the developing world an estimated $1.2 trillion a year. He said this was the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-01T11:34:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness: Raymond Baker attacks world&#8217;s &#8220;shadow&#8221; financial system (full)]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system-full</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bearing-witness-raymond-baker-attacks-worlds-shadow-financial-system-full#When:11:34:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Raymond Baker, speaking at a Christian Aid campaigning event in Manchester, said the world's "shadow" financial system of illicit deals was costing the developing world an estimated $1.2 trillion a year. He said this was the ugliest chapter in global economic affairs since slavery. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-01T11:34:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Unaccountable Private Contractors Pocket Your Tax Dollars Militarizing the Texas Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border#When:15:11:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heavy on outsourcing and lacking documented success, the "Texas model"of border security's features are not original, but borrowed directly from the DHS or the military.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T15:11:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seeking Defensive Savings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking_defensive_savings</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/seeking_defensive_savings#When:13:08:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The president’s proposed reduction of $400 billion in Pentagon spending over a decade should not be referred to as a “cut"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-19T13:08:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico&#8217;s Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war#When:13:31:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to US national security, says the US government. Yet the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of US counternarcotics initiatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T13:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/audacity_of_free_trade_agreements#When:13:52:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress could vote any day now to strike a new blow against already-battered U.S. workers and the unemployed.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:52:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wall Street Reform Act Deserves Implementation Now]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wall_street_reform_act_deserves_implementation_now</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/wall_street_reform_act_deserves_implementation_now#When:13:48:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was an anti-corruption game-changer tucked into a historic, comprehensive piece of legislation aimed primarily at overhauling the nation's financial regulatory structure.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-14T13:48:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The High Prices of Nukes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/high_prices_nukes#When:13:41:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As President Obama and Republicans in Congress go down to the wire in negotiations over a package of budget cuts that would clear the way for raising the debt ceiling, we shouldn't lose sight of one key source of reductions: military spending.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T13:41:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Relationship Could Not Have Been Cozier]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/relationship-could-not-have-been-cozier</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/relationship-could-not-have-been-cozier#When:11:38:44Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It is poetic justice (though a macabre form of poetry, to be sure). Just as President Bush and Vice President Cheney are assuring us that John Edwards must be a low-life because he's a lawyer, Ken Lay, their erstwhile closest buddy and associate, is indicted for crimes related to the Enron scandal.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-13T11:38:44+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Prevention as the Best Defense]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/prevention_as_best_defense#When:14:13:01Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama and key members of Congress have finally acknowledged that any deal on the deficit must include reductions in Pentagon spending. The figures being discussed are far too small, but the principle has been accepted.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:13:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[FCPA Under Attack as Court Case Concludes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fcpa_under_attack_as_court_case_concludes#When:14:09:39Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the UK Bribery Act went into effect this month the U.S. Congress, at the behest of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, considers whether to dilute the landmark Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:09:39+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Proposed Defense Cuts Aren&#8217;t All That Deep]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/proposed_defense_cuts_arent_all_that_deep#When:14:04:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Donald Rumsfeld misses the mark in "The Peril of Deep Defense Cuts" (op-ed, July 1). The $400 billion in cuts proposed by the president are far from deep.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-07T14:04:02+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[Should US Quicken Drawdown of Troops in Afghanistan?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/should_us_quicken_drawdown_of_troops_in_afghanistan#When:14:20:26Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Barack Obama ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-29T14:20:26+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: For Real Savings, Make a Real Withdrawal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/afghanistan_for_real_savings_make_real_withdrawal#When:14:41:09Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's long-awaited announcement of atroop drawdown in Afghanistan was in part driven by budgetary ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-28T14:41:09+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Development and Migration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/development_and_migration#When:14:47:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech in El Paso on May 10 put the immigration debate back on the table. In reaffirming his]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-27T14:47:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Has Obama Lost Environmental Voters?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/has_obama_lost_environmental_voters#When:14:57:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Al Gore’s Rolling Stone critique of President Obama’s failure to act on the climate crisis is further evidence of ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-23T14:57:43+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[Our Plan Has Not Worked in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/our_plan_has_not_worked_in_afghanistan#When:15:06:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As he was announcing his second increase in troops for Afghanistan in December 2009, President Obama promised ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-22T15:06:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush And The U.S. Descent Into Torture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-us-descent-into-torture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/bush-us-descent-into-torture#When:11:50:18Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Not in memory has the image of the United States been so stained in the eyes of the world. Now, when most people think of our invasion of Iraq, they think not of happy liberated people, but of that hooded Iraqi prisoner with electrodes hooked to his fingers and penis.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Cuba, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-19T11:50:18+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[After Jonathan&#8217;s meeting with Obama]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/after_jonathans_meeting_with_obama#When:15:16:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in Nigerian history a southern minority was declared the President, in the April 2011 elections. In ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:16:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[We&#8217;re Number One - In Weapons Trafficking]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/were_number_one_in_weapons_trafficking#When:15:09:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[My colleague Jeff Abramson of the Arms Control Association calls it the Obama arms bazaar -- tens of billions]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-16T15:09:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memo to White House: Closing coal plants is a good thing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memo_to_white_house_closing_coal_plants_a_good_thing#When:15:20:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Obama administration announced the latest in a series of delays on rules that would cut pollution from ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-15T15:20:00+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[From Gates to Panetta: Room for Improvement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/from_gates_to_panetta_room_for_improvement#When:15:34:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At last Thursday's confirmation hearings for Leon Panetta's nomination to serve as Secretary of Defense, one ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:34:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kyl Gone Wild]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/kyl_gone_wild#When:15:30:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is a long-time opponent of efforts to reduce global nuclear arsenals. Kyl has rarely met a]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:30:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Finally, a Legitimate Nigerian Election]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/finally_a_legitimate_nigerian_election#When:15:28:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[For the vast majority of Nigeria’s 73 million voters, cynicism and resignation are the trademarks of Nigerian politics]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-13T15:28:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Corporate Corruption: The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/corporate_corruption_spirit_is_willing_but_flesh_is_weak#When:15:42:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Two recently published surveys on corporate corruption indicate that while progress is being made toward a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:42:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Measuring Quick Sand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/measuring_quick_sand#When:15:39:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the Autumn of 2006, in the western part of Iraq's Anbar Province, US Marine and Army units were taking]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-09T15:39:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Cost of War Hit Home Politically]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the_cost_of_war_hit_home_politically#When:15:45:53Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Independent Institute has released a timely report on the costs of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and beyond ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-04T15:45:53+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Time to Rein in Mideast Arms Trade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/time_to_rein_in_mideast_arms_trade#When:15:48:34Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama’s evolving policy towards the rapid changes in the Middle East and North Africa has one glaring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-06-03T15:48:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Corruption Views: Suspicious Activity Reports &amp; Activity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/anti_corruption_views_suspicious_activity_reports_activity#When:15:56:04Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate will on Thursday debate the pros and cons of extending key provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-26T15:56:04+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Horror and Hope Meet Hand in Hand]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/horror_and_hope_meet_hand_in_hand#When:16:15:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[500,000 women raped in Rwanda. 64,000 in Sierra Leone. 40,000 in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4,500 in the Democratic ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Africa, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:15:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strangelove Strikes Again]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/strangelove_strikes_again#When:16:10:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the messages of Stanley Kubrick's anti-nuclear classic Dr. Strangelove is that policy makers can become ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:10:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gates&#8217; Swan Song: Rhetoric Vs. Reality]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/gates_swan_song_rhetoric_reality#When:16:04:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Gates, who often talks a good game when it comes to disciplining defense spending, overstated his accomplishments in this realm while understating what needs to be done to get runaway military spending under control]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-24T16:04:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colombian HR Defenders Endure Threats, Attacks, Harassment and Illgeal Surveil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/colombian_human_rights_defenders_endure_threats_attacks_harassment#When:16:00:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Santos Administration must not only embrace the language of human rights, but also take effective action to guarantee the legitimate work of human rights defenders, essential for freedom of expression and a thriving democratic society]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Just the Facts, Americas, Colombia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-23T16:00:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Envoy Mitchell Sent on Israeli Task that Proved Impossible]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/envoy_mitchell_sent_on_israeli_task_that_proved_impossible#When:16:18:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's "Special Envoy on Middle East Peace," former Sen. George W. Mitchell, has resigned]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Middle East, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-19T16:18:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawks Fighting the Wrong War on China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/hawks_fighting_the_wrong_war_on_china#When:16:20:50Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week's U.S. visit by People's Liberation Army Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde has sparked an outpouring ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Asia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-18T16:20:50+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Texas, Obama Faces Test on Border-Wall Promise]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/in_texas_obama_faces_test_on_border_wall_promise#When:16:44:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama speaks today about immigration in El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with Mexico. Although ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:44:33+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexicans Reject US-Backed Drug Was]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/mexicans_reject_us_backed_drug_was#When:16:37:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Mexicans made history on May 8 in a march through the nation’s capital, protesting the war ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-10T16:37:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Operation Fast and Furious Threatens Scandal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/operation_fast_and_furious_threatens_scandal#When:16:51:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels – overseen by US government agents – threatens ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-09T16:51:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tortured Logic, Continued]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/tortured_logic_continued#When:16:54:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Obama administration got Osama bin Laden through a combination of persistent intelligence gathering, extensive ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-06T16:54:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Girl Scouts Censor Facebook Criticism of Palm Oil Cookies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/girl_scouts_censor_facebook_criticism_of_palm_oil_cookies#When:16:57:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Looking for a lesson of how not to respond to green consumer demand in the internet age? Check out Girl Scouts USA.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-05T16:57:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Now That We&#8217;ve Killed Bin Laden, Let&#8217;s Kill Oil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/now_that_weve_killed_bin_laden_lets_kill_oil#When:10:54:23Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. military's success in finding and killing Osama bin Laden is a gigantic victory in the war against terror ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-05-02T10:54:23+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Like the Iraq and Afghanistan wars? You&#8217;ll LOVE this!]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/like_the_iraq_and_afghanistan_wars_youll_love_this#When:11:04:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If you like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan then you’ll love what Senator John McCain and Congressman ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-28T11:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Building Strategic Alliances in Latin America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/building_strategic_alliances_in_latin_america#When:11:15:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The drug war has become the Pentagon's main way of occupying and controling Latin America, and to combat this ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Colombia, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Speech,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-27T11:15:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Is Obama Snuffleupagus?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/is_obama_snuffleupagus#When:11:23:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On the eve of the Power Shift 2011 climate youth conference, no one expects President Obama to show. If he did, he'd probably get booed by activists angry about his tightening embrace of the oil, coal, gas, and nuclear industries.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-21T11:23:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Mexicogate?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_mexicogate#When:11:41:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A secret operation to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-20T11:41:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Funding Nuclear Security: Finding the Money]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/funding_nuclear_security_finding_the_money#When:12:02:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A year ago this week, the Obama administration brought together 47 world leaders in Washington - the largest ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T12:02:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s Budget Plan: A Scorecard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas_budget_plan_a_scorecard#When:11:58:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Your article about President Obama’s 12-year deficit reduction plan says that it will cut military spending by $400 bil]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-14T11:58:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Endangered Wolves Sacrificed in Budget Deal]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/endangered_wolves_sacrificed_in_budget_deal#When:12:12:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although Majority Leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama stood firm against Republican attempts to repeal ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-11T12:12:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Libyan Intervention Started a Dialogue About Military Spending]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/libyan_intervention_started_dialogue_about_military_spending#When:13:46:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress, the media, and the public are rightly asking whether America should be spending $1 billion or ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Africa, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-07T13:46:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Environmentalists Stand up to Obama, Win Big]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/environmentalists_stand_up_to_obama_win_big#When:15:00:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Under intense pressure from green groups and their members, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-04-01T15:00:58+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[White House Insisting on Clean Air, Clean Water Rollbacks to Pass Budget]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/white_house_insisting_on_clean_air_clean_water_rollback#When:15:10:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Associated Press is reporting that the White House is insisting to congressional Democrats that they ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-30T15:10:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Massive Coal Mining Expansion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obama_announces_massive_coal_mining_expansion#When:15:34:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced yesterday an enormous expansion in coal mining that threatens to increase U.S. climate pollution by an amount equivalent to more than half of what the United States currently emits in a year]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-23T15:34:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing Arizona]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona#When:16:26:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A sense of solidarity led the Tea Party Patriots to Phoenix for their American Policy Summit in February. It’s “our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:26:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[#Winning in Afghanistan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/winning_in_afghanistan#When:16:40:12Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[General David Petraeus is in Washington, D.C., this week and, as expected, we are hearing claims of success ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Afghanistan Study Group, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-16T16:40:12+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Two 15-year-old Girl Scouts Changed Kellog&#8217;s]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/how-two-15-year-old-girl-scouts-changed-kellogs#When:10:13:43Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[When Kellogg’s announced this week that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-14T10:13:43+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/protecting-women-human-rights-defenders#When:08:19:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-09T08:19:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Putting US/Mexico Relations Back on Track&#8230; in Wrong Direction]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/putting-us-mexico-relations-back-on-track-in-wrong-direction#When:08:30:32Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The presidential meeting this week between Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-07T08:30:32+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fire Lt General Caldwell Now &amp; End &#8220;Psy-Ops&#8221; Against Congress]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fire-lt-general-caldwell-now-end-psy-ops-against-congress#When:08:55:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-25T08:55:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[General Engaged in &#8216;Psy-Ops&#8217; Against Senators Should Be Fired Immediately]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/general-engaged-in-psy-ops-against-senators-should-be-fired-imme#When:07:52:36Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. General William Caldwell needs to be fired. Now. General Caldwell, a three star general in charge of training ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Win Without War, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-24T07:52:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Napolitano in Texas: Tough Talk, Little Coherence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/napolitano-in-texas-tough-talk-little-coherence#When:08:48:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[On Monday, Jan. 31, I crossed the border to hear Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speak at the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas Program, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-23T08:48:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Are Girl Scout Cookies Killing Orangutans?]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/are-girl-scout-cookies-killing-orangutans#When:09:05:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It's Girl Scout cookie season, but Michigan scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva are finding other ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-17T09:05:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Memorial to Purposelessness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/memorial-to-purposelessness#When:09:09:13Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This week marks the one-year anniversary of the US military offensive into Marjah in Helmand Province in southern]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Arms & Security Project, Middle East, Afghanistan, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-16T09:09:13+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Indonesian Oil Giant Promises Zero Deforestation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/indonesian-oil-giant-promises-zero-deforestation#When:09:25:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Potential good news for orangutans, tigers, and the climate: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T09:25:02+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Selling the Forests that Saved Britain]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/selling-the-forests-that-saved-britain#When:08:21:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I confess that British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposal to auction off all 650,000 acres of England’s national ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Avoided Deforestation Partners, Europe & Russia, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-15T08:21:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why America&#8217;s Sputnik Moment Should Include Trees]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/why-americas-sputnik-moment-should-include-trees#When:10:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week the President unveiled his “Strategy for American Innovation” which details his approach to ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-10T10:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget for Rainforests Puts Obama&#8217;s $1 Billion Pledge At Risk]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/budget-for-rainforests-puts-obamas-1-billion-pledge-at-risk#When:09:18:33Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Both President Obama’s proposed budget and especially House Republican proposals fall significantly short of the ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-02-06T09:18:33+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[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[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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      <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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      <title><![CDATA[Congresswoman&#8217;s Allegiance in Question]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congresswomans-allegiance-in-question</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/congresswomans-allegiance-in-question#When:16:51:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the co-chair of Red to Blue, a ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Cuba Project, Americas, Cuba, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-03-19T16:51:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[What A.Q. Khan Knows]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-aq-khan-knows</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-aq-khan-knows#When:15:52:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Either Kim Jong Il or Pervez Musharraf is lying about whether Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove, Abdul]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Asia Project, Asia, North Korea, Middle East, Pakistan, Advocacy, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2008-01-31T15:52:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Impact on Latin America of the Servicemember&#8217;s Protection Act]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-on-latin-america-of-servicemembers-protection-act</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/impact-on-latin-america-of-servicemembers-protection-act#When:08:42:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Senator Coleman, Senator Dodd, members of the subcommittee, I want to thank you for holding this hearing, and for inviting me to participate]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2006-03-08T08:42:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[While dirty money flows, the poor stay poor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/while-dirty-money-flows-the-poor-stay-poor</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/while-dirty-money-flows-the-poor-stay-poor#When:10:59:46Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, high-profile advocates have appealed for more foreign aid for the developing world. The Commission for Africa established by Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain recommends, in part, an additional $25 billion in aid per year by 2010.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2005-04-13T10:59:46+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Testimony of Adam Isacson &#8220;The War Against Drugs and Thugs: A Status Report on Plan Colombia&#8221;]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/war-against-drugs-and-thugs-status-report</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/war-against-drugs-and-thugs-status-report#When:15:04:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Let me begin by thanking the Committee for holding a hearing on the status of Plan Colombia.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Americas, Colombia, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Testimony,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-06-17T15:04:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crime, corruption and shady commerce : Target all dirty money, not just terrorist funds]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crime-corruption-shady-commerce-target-all-dirty-money</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crime-corruption-shady-commerce-target-all-dirty-money#When:17:55:58Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After Sept. 11, 2001, it dawned on the U.S. government that attacks of such magnitude must have had serious cash behind them. Galvanized by]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Global Financial Integrity, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-06-10T17:55:58+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[Search for Truth as Elusive as Those WMD]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/search-for-truth-as-elusive-as-those-wmd</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/search-for-truth-as-elusive-as-those-wmd#When:14:42:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Bush has latched on to two hot-button issues, illegal immigration and a manned mission to Mars, in an obvious attempt to]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2004-01-29T14:42:42+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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