Commentary | NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM https://nationalsecurityforum.org Forum for discussing national security issues. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:34:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://nationalsecurityforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-cropped-heder-2-32x32.png Commentary | NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM https://nationalsecurityforum.org 32 32 Invited Commentary: The October 7th Surprise: Hamas Invades Israel By R.M. Huffstutler https://nationalsecurityforum.org/2023/10/18/invited-commentary-the-october-7th-surprise-hamas-invades-israel-by-r-m-huffstutler/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:30:18 +0000 https://nationalsecurityforum.org/?p=7620 Rae Huffstutler has a distinguished career in the Intelligence Community. He served as the Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Director of the National Photographic Interpretation Center, and as the Director of Soviet Research at the Agency. Among his many accolades are twice being awarded the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and in April 2003 he was inducted into the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Hall of Fame for his contributions to imagery collection and intelligence.

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The post BLOG POST: Afghanistan – What Happens Next by Joseph L. Shaefer first appeared on NATIONAL SECURITY FORUM.]]> COMMENTARY – Beirut and Beyond https://nationalsecurityforum.org/2020/08/18/commentary-beirut-and-beyond/ https://nationalsecurityforum.org/2020/08/18/commentary-beirut-and-beyond/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2020 00:32:33 +0000 https://nationalsecurityforum.org/?p=6903 The explosion in a warehouse in the port of Beirut occurred barely half a mile from the densely populated center of the city with its many affluent residential and office neighborhoods. For 6 years, the warehouse stored the highly combustible compound “ammonium nitrate.

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