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State Department: Diplomatic Security Service Failed to Protect
“After the U.S. embassy attacks in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983, the ‘Inman Advisory Panel on Overseas Security’, led to the establishment of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security in 1985.” We are living in the most crucial time in modern history since the Cold...
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The Arab Spring didn’t buy us many friends
The Arab Spring brought about regime change. At the same time it emboldened a new generation of Salafi Islamists-- spurred on by ultraconservative imams who had been muzzled for years. They were now able to freely spew their anti-Western venom. The...
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The Diplomatic Security Service Failed to Protect?
“After the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was attacked in 1983, the Inman Advisory Panel on Overseas Security issued a report in 1985, which led to the establishment of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.” We are living in the most crucial time in modern...