Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 26, 2013



White House Tells Hamid Karzai: Take Deal, Or U.S. Troops Are Leaving Afghanistan -- Washington Times

The White House issued President Hamid Karzai an ultimatum Monday night, telling him that all U.S. troops will exit Afghanistan in 2014 if he doesn’t sign on to the newly drawn security pact.

The tough talk comes as Ambassador Susan Rice and Mr. Karzai met for dinner in Kabul. Mr. Karzai, NBC reported, tried to outline new conditions for the bilateral security agreement, or BSA

The White House said in a statement: “Ambassador Rice reiterated that, without a prompt signature, the U.S. would have no choice but to initiate planning for post-2014 future in which there would be no U.S. or NATO troop presence in Afghanistan.

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MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE NEWS BRIEFS

Building the Shield: European Nations Cooperate With US, NATO Allies On Missile Defense -- Defense News

Pentagon Prepared to Defend US Planes in China Defense Zone -- Voice of America

China’s Air Defense Zone Aids Abe Push to Bolster Japan Military -- Bloomberg

China's Aircraft Carrier Heads to South China Sea -- New York Times/AP

New Carrier Steaming to India Without Air Defense System -- Defense News

India Pushes Russia For Bigger Slice Of Fighter Program -- Defense News

Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan says he spied for Israel -- BBC

Russian Navy Gets New Carrier-Based Fighters -- RIA Novosti

Russia Denies Plans to Place Strategic Bombers in Kyrgyzstan -- RIA Novosti

Russia, N.America Outline Plans for Joint Anti-Terror Drills -- RIA Novosti

CIA remains behind most drone strikes, despite effort to shift campaign to Defense -- Washington Post

CIA personnel testify agency was on alert over 9/11 anniversary in Benghazi, before attack -- FOX News

U.S. Military Plans No Change in Mideast Strategy for Now -- Wall Street Journal

Hopes Fade as US Budget Panel's Work Plods Along -- Defense News

Report: Pentagon emphasizing personnel, but budget costs up across the board -- Stars and Stripes

US Army opts to cut, end special pay for host of soldiering jobs -- Washington Times

Cuts to AFN, closing Stars and Stripes on Pentagon budget table -- Stars and Stripes

U.N. committee calls for end to excessive electronic spying -- Reuters

N.S.A. May Have Hit Internet Companies at a Weak Spot -- New York Times

Spies worry over "doomsday" cache stashed by ex-NSA contractor Snowden -- Reuters

Retired military drone operator shares experience of remote piloting -- James Fenton The Daily Times

PENNY LANE: This Secret CIA Facility At Guantánamo Bay Turned Detainees Into Double Agents -- Business Insider/AP

Military struggles to react to potentially dangerous supplements -- Stars and Stripes

Julian Assange unlikely to face U.S. charges over publishing classified documents -- Washington Post

Army Considers Reclassifying Fort Hood Shooting, Pending Review -- NBC

CENTCOM reviews delay in Medal of Honor award -- Stars and Stripes/Tampa Tribune

War game compares response of 2 versions of future Army -- Army Times

3 Rules for Cyberspying -- Franklin D. Kramer, US News and World Report

Is the Sky Really Falling? The future of the aerospace defense industry is not nearly as bad as the industry would have you believe. -- Gordon Adams, Foreign Affairs

High Speed Could Be The Next Stealth -- Bill Sweetman, Aviation Week

The Reshaping of Pacific Defense: Interview With PacAF Gen. Hawk Carlisle -- Breaking Defense

Why Green Berets Are The Smartest, Most Lethal Fighters In The World -- Paul Szoldra, Business Insider

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