Epstein Secrets

to the president for national security affairs is an ideal opportunity to restore best practices to the national security apparatus. To her credit, Susan Rice appears to be reaching out with this very much in mind. If changes are made that better serve the president by forcing people to think through polic

s. Belle" "Gray, Alex" B." Objet: (s) 7/11, Atlantic Council (Hof): Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy Atlantic Council Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy By Frederic C. Hof July 11, 2013 "Mahle, Melissa "Seche, Stephen A." "Dixon, Timothy" A friendly discussion about Syria with a former US State Department colleague g

—the last time directly to Obama himself at the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg in early September. Obama then informed his national security advisor Susan Rice, who then relayed it to a supposedly improvisational Secretary of State. Putin's triumph here was in offering a compromise that not only precluded

ng now: trying to resuscitate Idriss' Free Syrian Army, seeking a rapprochement with the Islamic Front and working to keep diplomatic talks alive. Frederic C. Hof of the Atlantic Council, another Syria expert, calls that "the moonwalk option" — the illusion of forward motion while standing in place — and it's

he, Stephen A." "Dixon, Timothy" Objet: (s) 7/11, Atlantic Council (Hof): Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy Atlantic Council Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy By Frederic C. Hof July 11, 2013 A friendly discussion about Syria with a former US State Department colleague gave rise to a point I will not soon forget. "Fred, there

t to the president for national security affairs is an ideal opportunity to restore best practices to the national security apparatus. To her credit, Susan Rice appears to be reaching out with this very much in mind. If changes are made that better serve the president by forcing people to think through policy

Stephen A." ?, "Dixon, Timothy" Objet: (s) 7/11, Atlantic Council (Hof): Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy Atlantic Council Syria: Blackberry Diplomacy By Frederic C. Hof July 11, 2013 A friendly discussion about Syria with a former US State Department colleague gave rise to a point I will not soon forget. "Fred, there

t to the president for national security affairs is an ideal opportunity to restore best practices to the national security apparatus. To her credit, Susan Rice appears to be reaching out with this very much in mind. If changes are made that better serve the president by forcing people to think through policy