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'Defeated' al Qaeda Experiencing a 'Renaissance'

Think fast: Is al Qaeda defeated? Is it stronger than ever? Or is it both? Not sure? You're in good company. Terrorism analysts can't decide either, and the threat of an attack by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has shuttered U.S. and...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 3:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Middle East, Intelligence, South Asia, Yemen, National Security

Protest Tourism Comes to Cairo

In the long litany of complaints against the Muslim Brotherhood's ill-fated time in power, the group's inability to revive Egypt's once-prospering tourism industry ranks high. Now, a group of Egyptian youths are trying to succeed where the...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 2:25 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Egypt

Egyptians Already Hate the Next U.S. Ambassador to Cairo

It's not easy being Robert Ford. The former U.S. ambassador to Syria braved attacks on the American embassy in Damascus by pro-Assad mobs, and even risked his life by traveling to the city of Hama and northern Syria. Now, he has been recommended as...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 8:15 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Egypt

Morning Brief: U.S. Closes Diplomatic Posts Amid Terror Threat

U.S. Closes Diplomatic Posts Amid Terror Threat Top news: Amid what American security officials are vaguely describing as high levels of terrorist "chatter," nineteen American diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East and Africa will stay...

Published Mon, Aug 05 2013 5:58 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

X-Keyscore: The NSA Tool So Secret It's Advertised on Job Boards

If the National Security Agency wants to lower its public profile, it should probably start by telling some of its biggest contractors to stop advertising the names of agency programs in their job listings. Take, for example, the most recently revealed...

Published Fri, Aug 02 2013 1:50 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: NSA

The Troubling Takeaway from Snowden's Leaks: America Is Drowning in Secrets

With his slow, steady stream of leaked NSA documents, Edward Snowden is offering a glimpse into what President Obama's pledge of transparent government might have looked like -- had he chosen to deliver on it. When he arrived in office, Obama declared...

Published Fri, Aug 02 2013 9:40 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Intelligence, National Security

Morning Brief: U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum

U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum Top news: The White House says it is " extremely disappointed " by Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The decision ends Snowden's 39 day in the...

Published Fri, Aug 02 2013 5:30 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Uruguay's Strategy for Breaking Into the Pot-Dealing Business

Late Wednesday evening, the lower house of Uruguay's legislature passed a bill providing for the establishment of a fully legal, regulated marijuana market. If the bill is approved by the Senate -- a likely outcome, given the ruling Broad Front's...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 4:30 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Drugs & Crime, Latin America, Law, Economics

Video: Massive Fireball Rocks Homs

A huge fireball rises above the jagged, shelled-out skyline of Homs. The explosion looks almost too large to be real -- and when it began circulating across social media this morning, it drew skepticism -- but now, multiple videos are emerging and the...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 11:20 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Middle East, Syria

Bahrain's Twitter Army Cracks Down on Dissent

In Bahrain, all it takes is clicking on the wrong link to end up in jail. A new report prepared by Bahrain Watch, an activist organization critical of the ruling monarchy, details how the Bahraini government creates fake Twitter accounts to reveal the...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 9:20 AM by FP Passport

Snowden Wins Asylum, WikiLeaks Declares Victory

And just like that, Edward Snowden's Moscow airport vacation is over. On Thursday, the NSA leaker's lawyer put him in a taxi and sent him off to a secret location, ending a 39-day stay in Sheremetyevo Airport's so-called "transit zone...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 8:12 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Russia, WikiLeaks

Morning Brief: Egypt's Government Orders End to Islamist Sit-Ins

Egypt's Government Orders End to Islamist Sit-Ins Top news: Egypt's interim government on Wednesday ordered the interior ministry to disperse sit-ins by thousands of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsy, a decision that could easily spark...

Published Thu, Aug 01 2013 5:52 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Marina Berlusconi: Feminist Icon?

He's been counted down-and-out prematurely before , so those predicting that a decision on a tax-fraud conviction -- slated to come down from Italy's Supreme Court as early as Thursday -- will finally spell the end for the resilient Silvio Berlusconi...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 3:40 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Europe, Politics, Media, Women

Meet the NSA's New Data Centers: Russia, China, and Venezuela

Here's something the National Security Agency probably isn't happy to find in Edward Snowden's latest revelation about its activities: The surprising locations of the servers that make up the program X-KEYSCORE, which, according to one leaked...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 2:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: National Security, NSA

Jailbreak Season Continues as al Qaeda Issues Threat Against Gitmo

It's officially jailbreak season. In a little over a week, inmates in Iraq, Libya, and now Pakistan have escaped from what were supposed to be secure prisons (the phenomenon has even reached Arkansas ). Just this morning, al Qaeda leader Ayman al...

Published Wed, Jul 31 2013 9:50 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Terrorism, al Qaeda, Pakistan, Taliban, Iraq, Libya, National Security

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'Defeated' al Qaeda Experiencing a 'Renaissance'

Protest Tourism Comes to Cairo

Egyptians Already Hate the Next U.S. Ambassador to Cairo

Morning Brief: U.S. Closes Diplomatic Posts Amid Terror Threat

X-Keyscore: The NSA Tool So Secret It's Advertised on Job Boards

The Troubling Takeaway from Snowden's Leaks: America Is Drowning in Secrets

Morning Brief: U.S. Expresses Disappointment Over Snowden Asylum

Uruguay's Strategy for Breaking Into the Pot-Dealing Business

Video: Massive Fireball Rocks Homs

Bahrain's Twitter Army Cracks Down on Dissent

Snowden Wins Asylum, WikiLeaks Declares Victory

Morning Brief: Egypt's Government Orders End to Islamist Sit-Ins

Marina Berlusconi: Feminist Icon?

Meet the NSA's New Data Centers: Russia, China, and Venezuela

Jailbreak Season Continues as al Qaeda Issues Threat Against Gitmo