Peter King’s letter urging State to consider designating Ansar al-Shari’ah an FTO.
AROUND THE WORLD
Yemen authorities have seized Iranian military equipment slated for rebels aboard a cargo ship at the port of Hodeidah. Meanwhile, A masked gunman assassinated a Yemeni security official who worked for the U.S. Embassy in a drive-by shooting near his home in the capital Sanaa yesterday.
A Syrian passenger plane intercepted by Turkey’s air force was carrying military communications equipment. Yeni Safak, a newspaper close to the Turkish government, reported there were 10 containers aboard the plane, some containing radio receivers, antennas and “equipment that are thought to be missile parts.”
Noted Yemen scholar Gregory Johnsen reflects on the security situation in Sana’a.
ON THE FIGHT
Marc Thiessen wonders aloud why the President has not retaliated with overt military force in aftermath of Bengahzi.
Members of the Norfolk-based Ponce’s crew have been honored for their work. The Ponce is currently in the Arabian Sea. Crew members were honored for their efforts in making the ship the Navy’s first Afloat Forward Staging Base.
Secretary Panetta gave a soaring speech on cybersecurity last night, touching briefly on cyberspace warfare operations, a topic increasingly on the minds of industry and policymakers.
The Army isn’t concerned about the looming threat of sequestration so much as its future — into 2025, and beyond.
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has warned USCENTCOM sneaky Afghan contractors may have intentionally sabotaged counter-IED emplacements.
ON SECRECY – OR LACK THEREOF
Cryptome publishes unclassified, commercial satellite imagery showing the location of the Central Intelligence Agency’s pseudo-safehouse, which was anything but clandestine.
Questions arise over the scope and breadth of the Benghazi hearings, led by House Republicans.
JSOC is hiring a psychologist.
Lawyers for a disgraced officer of the Central Intelligence Agency accused of leaking the names of covert operatives have told a judge that they will need to expose a wide array of government secrets to provide an adequate defense for their client at trial.
CONTRACT WATCH
Dunn Loring’s “Urban District” is heating up, due to an influx of retailers and investment. Conveiently located a stones-throw from Tysons Corner, and the technology corridor of McLean, Chantilly and Reston, this area is only going to grow — particularly because many of their residents subsist entirely on federal spending.
Robert Caruso is a veteran of the United States Navy, and has worked for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Business Transformation Agency and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
