Monthly Archives: January 2009
CIA Will Follow Obama’s New Rules on Detainees, Says Outgoing Spy Chief Hayden
Outgoing CIA chief Michael Hayden says new rules on the detention and interrogation of suspected terrorists issued by President Obama will be followed “without exception, carve-out, or loophole.” “Our agency has many counterterror tools in its arsenal,” Hayden wrote in a memo to agency employees.
CIA’s Hayden Defends Interrogation Techniques in Exit Interview
The day after a retired military judge said that the U.S. military had tortured one of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay, outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden offered a spirited defense of the way his organization has waged the war on terrorism, particularly its controversial interrogation techniques.
Under President Obama, Will Failed States Like Somalia Merit New Attention?
This year, when Somali pirates seized both a Saudi tanker toting $150 million in crude oil and a freighter full of Russian battle tanks, it was a vivid reminder not only of the perils of piracy but also the of kinds of threats that can spill over from failed states. Somalia, after all, is...
Piracy: a $50 Million Business and Counting
Nearly two centuries after the Barbary pirates stopped terrorizing European shippers, the once forgotten scourge of piracy is again a top concern for the world’s navies, shipping companies, and the firms that insure their cargo.
