by Daniel Painter | Aug 20, 2012 | Monitor
Event Review – U.S. Drones Policy: Strategic Frameworks and Measuring Effects Ashley Boyle The American Security Project hosted a roundtable discussion about the strategic framework and effects of U.S. drones policy. The discussion, moderated by ASP Fellow Joshua...
by Daniel Painter | Aug 15, 2012 | Monitor
Bomb strikes Damascus near U.N. and army sites, 3 wounded Hadeel Al Shalchi / Reuters A bomb exploded in central Damascus on Wednesday near several military buildings and a hotel housing U.N. observers, wounding three people and sending a pillar of black smoke into...
by Daniel Painter | Aug 14, 2012 | Monitor
August 6th Iranian T.V. airs confessions of nuclear scientist killings. State television broadcasted a documentary called “Terror Club”, detailing the murder of five Iranian scientists and academics since 2010 that were associated with its nuclear program. The program...
by Daniel Painter | Aug 7, 2012 | Monitor
July 30st Sanctions against Iran are working. Speaking in Tunisia, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said, “These sanctions are having a serious impact in terms of the economy of Iran…what we need to do is continue the pressure on Iran.” The comments came the...
by Daniel Painter | Aug 1, 2012 | Monitor
Yesterday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released another report on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), this time analyzing the NNSA’s reviews of budget estimates and decisions on resource trade-offs. GAO’s findings on NNSA budgeting...