Edward Snowden’s theatrical exposure of the National Security Agency’s PRISM surveillance and data-mining program has understandably dominated recent public discussion of cyberspying, cyberwarfare and the murky, dirty business of espionage. Given the constitutional concerns involved, PRISM has drawn deserved domestic U.S. scrutiny. However, Snowden’s revelation that U.S. intelligence agencies spy on allies as well as […]
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Austin Bay: World War II — Invasion of Sicily took huge toll
Seventy years ago this week, U.S. and British Commonwealth troops began Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. Foreshadowing D-Day 1944, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower served as overall Allied commander. Like D-Day, Allied airborne soldiers led the Husky assault by parachuting (on the night of July 9, 1943) into olive groves and rock-strewn fields along the island’s […]
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Austin Bay: Burden of responsible action falls on the Egyptian military
When Egypt’s Arab Spring rebellion began in late January 2011, the most critical near-term uncertainty involved the Egyptian military. Just how would the military respond? How the military promoted, thwarted and/or helped mediate the inevitable redistribution of power among individuals and factions within the country would shape the next 50 years of Egyptian history. If […]