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Blair, Panetta Clash Over Who Controls Pakistan Drones

By | 11.18.09 | 9:37 am

Marc Ambinder has a seriously detailed curtain-raiser on a turf war that’s roiled the intelligence community for months. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, and Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, have clashed over who controls the top U.S. intelligence officer in various foreign countries. But More…

Baghdad Recognizes Kurds’ Oil Claims

By | 05.11.09 | 9:28 am

Huge news if true: according to The New York Times, the Iraqi government has agreed to allow the Kurds to export the oil developed within the borders of their autonomous super-province. This isn’t the same thing as the passage of the much-desired-and-much-delayed hydrocarbons law, but it has large implications More…