In case you missed it, here are Progressive Fix’s highlights from the past week:
- PPI Policy Memo, “Spooks in the Machine: How the Pentagon Should Fight Cyber Spies,” Noah Shachtman
In the military, there’s now broad agreement that one cyber threat trumps all others: electronic espionage, the infiltration (and possible corruption) of Defense Department networks. Read more…
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“The Clinton Boom Was Real — Then Bush Happened,” Will Marshall
Most progressives were happy to say goodbye to the “aughts,” as dismal a decade as America has endured since the snake-bitten 1970s. But they may be surprised to learn that the U.S. economy’s poor performance on George W. Bush’s watch was actually Bill Clinton’s fault. So says Michael Lind, who rang in a new year with a retrospective blast on Salon this week against the “New Democrat” policies of the 1990s. Read more…
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“Realistic Expectations About the Intelligence Community,” Jim Arkedis
We as a public have to reorient our expectations about the intelligence community’s ability to ensure 100 percent security on a 24/7/365 basis. That’s not a knock on intelligence pros. As a former intel analyst, I’ve seen time and time again just how unrealistic the expectations are. Read more…
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Jim Arkedis Discusses Al Qaeda on Fox News
PPI National Security Project Director Jim Arkedis discusses al-Qaeda and the threat they pose to the United States on Fox News with Martha MacCallum. Read more…
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“Is the ‘Party Base’ Fed Up with Obama? No” Ed Kilgore
Is “the Democratic base” really as upset with Obama as elements of the progressive commentariat? Read more…
