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Al-Qaida Infiltration 'Important' But 'Not Unheard Of' | NPR

May 13, 2012

Host Rachel Martin speaks with former CIA official Philip Mudd about the British undercover agent who helped thwart terrorists and the newest version of the underwear bomb.

Disaffected Agents With A 'Promise Of Life' Afterwards Make Best Double Agents ... | Newstrack (India)

May 10, 2012

Philip Mudd, a former deputy director of the CIA's counterterrorism center and the FBI's national security branch, was quoted by CBS News, saying that several Saudi members of Al Qaeda moved to Yemen after the crackdown in the Arabian Peninsula.

Ex-Analyst: "Made Men" Make Best Double Agents | CBS

May 9, 2012

On "CBS This Morning," Philip Mudd said a lot of Saudi members of al Qaeda went down to Yemen after the crackdown in Arabian Peninsula. "Some of them want to go home, some of them retired; some of them have families back home in Saudi Arabia.

How Unusual Was Al-Qaida Infiltration Effort That Stopped Bomb Plot? | PBS

May 9, 2012

Jeffrey Brown, NPR's Dina Temple Raston and security consultant Philip Mudd discuss what details are known about the operation and how it compares with other counterterrorism efforts. JEFFREY BROWN: Dina Temple Raston has been covering this story for ...

Why The Mitt-Bibi Bromance Won'T Affect World Affairs | The Week Magazine

April 18, 2012

Leila Hilal, co-director of the New America Foundation Middle East Task Force, says "Romney's personal persuasion for Netanyahu will be checked by the broader US strategic interests at stake in an attack on Iran, and the majority of US public opinion ...

"How To Run The World" By Parag Khanna | NPR

April 16, 2012

In “How to Run the World,” geo-political expert and economist Parag Khanna explores complex questions about how the world can deal with a changed global landscape in a more effective way. According to Khanna, 21st century diplomacy is beginning to ...

How Is The Debate Over Israel Changing Among American Jews? | Aljazeera.Com

April 4, 2012

... we speak to Saar Szekely, contestant on the Israeli version of “Big Brother”; Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein), fellow at The Nation Institute; and Daniel Levy, co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation.

Bahrain Hosts Iiss Geo-Economics And Strategy Seminar | Groundreport

April 2, 2012

In the first session, Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation, argued that policy-makers need to understand the complexity of risk in the modern world, saying that: “The paradox of the twenty-first century economy is that while it ...

Guantánamo And Recidivism: The Media's Ongoing Failure To Question Official ... | Eurasia Review

March 16, 2012

It took a week for the Times to allow other commentators — Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann of the New America Foundation — to write an op-ed discrediting Bumiller's article, in which they concluded, from an examination of the report, ...

A Whiff Of Grapeshot At The Frontline Club | The Friday Times

March 15, 2012

Of the four panel guests Dr Farzana Shaikh of Chatham House who was to sit next to Anatol Lieven had the air of someone who knew she was just about to occupy a virtual world. She is a veteran of think-tank panels - and a good journalist - but there was ...

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