Thursday, January 16, 2014

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 16, 2014



Obama NSA Reforms: Why He Can't Win -- Christian Science Monitor

In a Justice Department speech Friday, Obama is going to announce proposals for NSA reforms. Given the stridently divergent views on surveillance policy, it's a cinch that one side or the other will be unhappy.

President Obama is scheduled to announce National Security Agency reforms in a speech at the Justice Department Friday. While the White House has yet to announce the specifics of Obama’s proposal, here’s a prediction almost guaranteed to come true: afterwards, somebody is going to be angry.

By “somebody,” we mean one side or the other in the ongoing debate as to whether NSA surveillance has gone too far, of course. The reason for this is that the NSA and its possible overreach is just the sort of security issue the president cannot win.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Should America Realign with Iran? -- William R. Hawkins, American Thinker

Is Syria ready for peace? -- Vera Miranova and Sam Whitt, Baltimore Sun

Does Netanyahu agree with Ya'alon about Kerry? -- Haaretz editorial

Obama's Messianic and Obsessive Foreign Policy -- Michael Weiss, NOW

An Unusual Twist In Recent West Bank Clash -- Emily Harris, NPR

Mixed Results for Mideast Democracy -- New York Times editorial

Losing Iraq -- Bradley Russell, War On The Rocks

Kim Jong Il’s former sushi chef sees coup potential -- Kosuke Takahashi, NK News

Thailand future lies in hands of the army -- Jake Scobey-Thal, Gulf News

China’s Westward Strategy -- Yo-Jung Chen, The Diplomat

How long for France’s accidental president? -- Konrad Yakabuski, The Globe and Mail

The Mafia's Deadly Garbage: Italy's Growing Toxic Waste Scandal -- Walter Mayr, Spiegel Online

What's behind the standoff between vigilantes and Mexican police in Michoacán? -- Stephen Kurczy, Christian Science Monitor

Nuclear materials threat: Countries improving security, agency finds -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

Failing elites threaten our future -- Martin Wolf, Irish Times

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