- The Nunes memo detailing FISA spying on the Trump campaign has been declassified. [Link] Dave Smith provides analysis. [Link] Dan McAdams reacts. [Link]
- The FBI was slow to react to the allegations of abuse against Dr. Nassar.[Link]
- Gilbert Doctorow breakdown the White House ‘Kremlin Report’. [Link]
- A Pentagon review of US nuclear weapons calls for a more aggressive stance against Russia. [Link]
- The White House is pressuring the Pentagon for more options on North Korea. [Link]
- The Myanmar government is preventing UN inspectors from entering the country to travel to Rohingya sites. The Myanmar government recently carried out an ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya. [Link]
- About 90 migrants are believed to have drowned off the Libyan coast. [Link]
- Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie explains that the new US policy in Afghanistan will be riskier for US troops and US casualties will continue. [Link]
- The Pentagon is pressuring the inspector general for the Afghan War to not report data showing US failures. [Link]
- The Taliban fighting force is at least 60,000. The number of fighters has tripped since 2014. [Link]
- Syrian rebels down a Russia jet and kill the pilot. [Link]
- At least 20 civilians were killed by Syrian government airstrikes on Thursday. [Link]
- Turkish airstrikes in Afrin destroy an ancient temple. [Link] Turkey reports eight Turkish troops were killed Sunday. [Link] Moon of Alabama updates the status of Operation Olive Branch. [Link]
- US airstrikes in Yemen increased six-fold in 2017. [Link]