Epstein Secrets

"The CIA is laughing at you guys," he told the assembled human rights lawyers. "You're worried about international law, and the CIA is laughing." A White House official I spoke with is even more dismissive. "If Anwar al-Awlaki is your poster boy for why we shouldn't do drone strikes," the official tells me

lrahman had been accompanying a cousin when a drone obliterated him and seven others. The suspected target of the killing — a member of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — is reportedly still alive; it's unclear whether he was even there when the strike took place. The news devastated the family. "My wife weeps eve

"America First" Executive Order. STAT (12/7, Facher, 24K) reports both Pfizer and Moderna "rejected invitations from President Trump to appear at a White House 'Vaccine Summit' on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the event's planning." STAT adds that their absence "will be conspicuous" at an "e

-Qaeda "has sidestepped the dilemma of leadership decapitation." It has shifted "its organizational structure to afford its affiliates in the Sahel, the Arabian Peninsula and elsewhere with the operational autonomy to develop attack plans and map out strategic objectives." In recent years, the group "has focused on g

.corn/2170394c09dd4bbd96elddb34c2131e7> (12/7, Facher, 24K) reports both Pfizer and Modema "rejected invitations from President Trump to appear at a White House `Vaccine Summit' on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the event's planning." STAT adds that their absence "will be conspicuous" at an "

-Qaeda "has sidestepped the dilemma of leadership decapitation." It has shifted "its organizational structure to afford its affiliates in the Sahel, the Arabian Peninsula and elsewhere with the operational autonomy to develop attack plans and map out strategic objectives." In recent years, the group "has focused on gr

ident Trump's efforts" to cast blame on China. Politico (1/5, Geller, 6.73M) says the statement "had been approved two weeks ago but was delayed at the White House's insistence, a person familiar with the matter told Politico." The AP (1/5, Tucker) says Trump, "in a series of tweets late last month, sought to d

ecision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of the tiny energy-rich country that deeply divided regional U.S. security allies and frayed social ties across the Arabian Peninsula." In addition, Saudi Arabia "said it was restoring full diplomatic relations with Qatar, although it was not clear how soon the step would be follo

Bashar al-Assad were a slightly misguided bureaucrat rather than the murderer of roughly 1,000 unarmed demonstrators. As for the president, though the White House has issued a couple of statements in his name, he has yet to say one word on camera about the bloodletting in Syria. This is not a small matter, fo

he Golan Heights. Israel extended many times to both sides of the Jordan but never deep into the Jordanian Desert. It never extended southeast into the Arabian Peninsula. Israel consists generally of three parts. First, it always has had the northern hill region, stretching from the foothills of Mount Hermon south

o senior officials acknowledged under questioning on Thursday from Senator John McC=in that they had supported the Petraeus-Clinton plan. On Friday White Hou=e spokesman Jay Carney <http://topics.wsj.com/person/C/Jay-Carney/6498> was typically dodgy and wouldn't confirm the news. But he =id volunteer a ro

alfields=- wnnis:NOAVSYND&Ir=-Iang2a> , in a windowless office in the White House, and Brennan kn=w the world of intelligence and terrorism. He knew the Arabian Peninsula, =s he had served as an intelligence officer in Saudi Arabia -- a country wh=re secrets and things unacknowledged are the coin of the realm. Togeth

ecurity apparatus (defense, interior, and intelligence) and the common interest in containing Iran has brought Saudi oil policy closer in line with White House goals -- at least for now. Saudi oil shipments to the United States have been on the upswing this year -- a reversal of previous policy that favore

interests diverge. The oil- for-security deal between the two countries has destabilized the kingdom in the past by igniting support for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and it could be used again by agents of internal opposition groups. Moreover, the recent pro-democracy upheavals in Egypt, Syria, and above all Ba