ARTICLES AND OP-EDS
April 21, 2013
"Nation's Challenge: Terrorist Next Door"
Philadelphia Inquirer
By Marisa L. Porges, Research Fellow, International Security Program
"Active support from and cooperation with American Muslims will be one of the most effective ways to thwart future terrorist attacks. As Saudi counterterrorism officials continually remind me, the friends and family of potential jihadists are the best form of defense against radicalization. This approach works in America, too."
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October 23, 2012
"Shopping List Foreign Policy"
New York Times
By Marisa L. Porges, Research Fellow, International Security Program
"...[T]onight's debate didn't change many (any?) voters' opinions about either candidate. And it left national security wonks I know banging their heads against the table, still wondering how the election will affect America's foreign policies in the years ahead. But at least we're now certain the military has fewer bayonets than it did in 1916."
AP Photo
September 25, 2012
"Dead Men Share No Secrets"
New York Times
By Marisa L. Porges, Research Fellow, International Security Program
"But this one-sided approach — always opting to kill instead of capture — is a major weakness of America's current approach to counterterrorism. It deprives us of significant amounts of intelligence about what Al Qaeda is thinking and planning, and information that could help find other senior terrorists. After all, it was intelligence from a detainee that helped American forces track down Bin Laden."
February 27, 2006
We Can Live with a Nuclear Iran
New York Times
By Barry Posen, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1979-1981; Former Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1995-2000; Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
September 11, 2012
"Re-Open the 9/11 Investigation New"
The Huffington Post
By Bob Graham, Former Senior Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2005-2006 and Sharon Premoli
"The passage of time since September 11, 2001, has not diminished the distrust many of us feel surrounding the official story of how 9/11 happened and, more specifically, who financed and supported it. After eleven years, the time has come for the families of the victims, the survivors and all Americans to get the whole story behind 9/11."
February 5, 2006
"The Eavesdropping Debate We Should Be Having"
The Denver Post
By Bryan Cunningham and Daniel B. Prieto, Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative, 2004-2005
"Correctly resolving the eavesdropping debate is crucial to our security and to maintaining trust between Americans and their government. "Political" victories - bloodying the president or painting Democrats as soft on terrorism - that ignore outdated intelligence rules will be dangerous for our nation. Nor is the answer to encumber future presidents with harsh new restrictions, or, at the other extreme, to grant them unfettered freedom of action. A real solution will be found only in fixing intelligence rules that were broken long before this eavesdropping scandal broke."
December 19, 2005
"Data Mine: Stopping Identity Theft"
The New Republic, issue 4,744, volume 233
By Daniel B. Prieto, Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative, 2004-2005
"Other proposed solutions that seek to give consumers greater control over the use and sharing of their information-akin to the data privacy rules in Europe-are also problematic. To begin with, the number of organizations already in possession of our data is huge, and, for the most part, we gave it to them willingly. So such an approach is really a rear-guard measure. Like it or not, the level of interest by companies and the government to use our personal data for business, marketing, and national security purposes is enormous, legitimate, and, in many ways, desirable. Given the commercial and government interests at stake, significant restrictions on data use in the United States are unlikely."
August 25, 2005
Fits and Starts
Washington Times
By Daniel B. Prieto, Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative, 2004-2005
July 8, 2005
Terrorists Strike in London: 'New Normal' Must Prompt Greater Preparation
San Francisco Chronicle
By Daniel B. Prieto, Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative, 2004-2005
May 26, 2005
Ending Interagency Feuds
Washington Times
By Daniel B. Prieto, Former Research Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Research Director of the Homeland Security Partnership Initiative, 2004-2005
