Ansar al-Sharia

Africa, CIA, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, International Law, Libya, Libya, State Department, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force May 10, 2013

Benghazi and Beyond

After the Congressional testimony before a House subcommittee on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, new attention has been directed to the facts of the Beghazi affair….

U.S Foreign Relations November 16, 2012

Deliberate ambiguity: Talking points, and what Susan Rice said on September 16 talk shows

Rereading the transcripts of Susan Rice’s statements on Benghazi on all five Sunday talk shows on September 16, brings home a critically important point: Isn’t…

Barack Obama, CIA, elections, extrajudicial execution, History, Intelligence, International Law, Justice Department, Libya, Middle East, Mitt Romney, Pakistan, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Tunisia, U.N. Charter, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Yemen October 3, 2012

No time for cowboys: U.S. preparation for reprisals against Libyan targets

News report WASHINGTON — The United States is laying the groundwork for operations to kill or capture militants implicated in the deadly attack on a…

The Trenchant Observer

International Law, Politics, and Security

Ansar al-Sharia

Benghazi and Beyond

Deliberate ambiguity: Talking points, and what Susan Rice said on September 16 talk shows

No time for cowboys: U.S. preparation for reprisals against Libyan targets