The headlines today are wrong, and misleading: New York Times: Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations Washington Post: Iran set to breach limit on enriched uranium within ‘hours’ Politico: Tehran: Iran set to breach nuclear deal Iran cannot “breach” an agreement already materially breached by the Trump administration. Any … Read more
Arizona’s Senators split on June 27 on a proposal that would have restricted the President’s abilities to begin hostilities with Iran before getting Congressional approval. The bipartisan amendment needed 60 votes to pass; the vote was 50-40. Kyrsten Sinema sided with all voting Democrats to add the check to President Donald Trump’s ability to launch … Read more
Oh here we go. This morning we learned that Iran shot down a US surveillance drone, heightening tensions: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. surveillance drone Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first time the Islamic Republic directly attacked the American military amid tensions over Tehran’s unraveling nuclear deal with world powers. … Read more
The Washington Post has an editorial today about Deepfake videos are dangerous — and they target a huge weakness. The Post is talking about political attack ads, but the same could be said of heavily edited military videos that purport to show evidence of a hostile state actor attacking U.S. interests in support of going … Read more
In early April Congress, in an historic first, approved a War Powers Act resolution objecting to the U.S. involvement in the civil war in Yemen. Congress Is Finally Done With the War in Yemen: It marked the first time in history that legislation invoking the 1970s-era War Powers Resolution, aimed at reasserting Congress’s role in … Read more