President Barack Obama announces James Clapper, right, as his choice to oversee the nation's 16 spy agencies as director of national intelligence, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 5, 2010. Clapper, currently the Pentagon's top intelligence official, is a retired Air Force three-star general who, pending Senate approval, will replace Dennis Blair who resigned as director of national intelligence after frequent clashes with the White House. The position of national intelligence director was created in 2004 in the wake of intelligence failures that led to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Original Filename: Obama_Intelligence_Director_DCSA101.jpg
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Who Will Shape Obama’s Policy Towards Egypt?
Posted by Ryan Mauro on February 9th, 2011
The U.S. is almost certain to face an Egyptian government under the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood sometime this year. The Brotherhood and its apologists have long tried to influence the White House and will try to convince the media and the Obama administration that the Islamist group is moderate. And if the administration’s relationship [...]
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Radical Creed
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on February 8th, 2011
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that a group called Palestine Media Watch will publish the last volume of Jihad is the Way. Pundits have portrayed the Brotherhood as uncompromising zealots or beneficent providers of social services that long-deprived Egyptians desperately need. But a translation released Tuesday of a 1995 book by the movement’s fifth official [...]
Report: Brotherhood Reviving Military Wing
Posted by Ryan Mauro on February 8th, 2011
Aaron Klein reports that Egyptian and Israeli officials have told him that the Muslim Brotherhood is resurrecting its military wing, Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya, which may hae had a role in the murder of Anwar Sadat and took credit for trying to take Mubarak’s life in 1995. The Associated Press has reported that two members of Hamas [...]
Suleiman in Talks With Brotherhood
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on February 7th, 2011
Al Jazeera is reporting that Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman is in talks with members of the Muslim Brotherhood on possible concessions. This comes as the Brotherhood rejected joining an interim government. Suleiman is also in talks with other oppisition groups, but it would appear that the Brotherhood has the longest shadow. However, Cherif Bassiouni, [...]
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Tags: Egypt, Egypt protests,Muslim Brotherhood, Suleiman 
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