Transportation Security Agency (TSA) workers carry out security checks at Denver International Airport in Denver in this November 2010 file photo. Rick Wilking/Reuters/FileSaudi's Al Qaeda Intelligence Coup And The Perils Of Too Much Disclosure -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's second underwear bomb plot went nowhere thanks to great intelligence work. But this is a case where too much disclosure is a problem.
The successful disruption of an effort to place a suicide bomber on a US-bound plane is an intelligence coup any way you slice it. An agent went to Yemen, won the trust of members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), convinced them he was interested in attacking a US plane, and arranged delivery of their latest concealable bomb.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Israel’s Iran Debate Takes New Turn -- Meir Javedanfar, The Diplomat
Israel's unity government: a bid to represent the majority -- Joshua Mitnick, Christian Science Monitor
Dealing with an overbearing China -- G. Parthasarathy, The Hindu
The U.S. And China: Seeking Cooperation, But Finding Confrontation -- Doug Bandow, Forbes
Why China expelled Al Jazeera -- Isaac Stone Fish, Foreign Bolicy
Bin Laden May Ironically Be Obama's Albatross -- IBD Editorial
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Vladimir Putin, President of the Land of Make Believe -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Putin's Evolving Strategy in Europe -- George Friedman, Stratfor
Debt and currency crisis punish Europe's leaders -- Ian Traynor, The Guardian
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