- Spencer Ackerman reminds me that he has drawn upon a wealth of evidence to conclude that Al-Qaeda is weaker, and not just the piece I pounced upon (about the panty bomber).
- Hussein Agha and Robert Malley’s must-read essay for the New York Review of Books, “Israel & Palestine: Can they start over?”
- The Project on Middle East Democracy reads Washington’s 466-page appropriations bill so you don’t have to, and lays out a summary of FY2010 funding related to democracy, governance, and human rights in the Middle East.
- Sean picks up the thread of the now Derridean debate on how we should interpret the panty bomber episode.
- Colonel Pat Lang thinks that heads should roll after the CIA bombing.
- The unfortunately-titled new CNAS paper, “A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan.”
- Matthew Yglesias makes a strong point about the much hyped pseudo-utility of tablet PCs.
- Lebanon’s debt problem, in Executive magazine.
- Ghassan Karam on default debt indicators.
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Posted by Qifa Nabki under News & Notes | Tags: Afghanistan, CIA, CNAS, democracy, Israel-Palestine, Lebanese debt, Middle East, Umar Farouq Abdulmutallab |[78] Comments
