The New York Times July 9, 2010 VIENNA — In a seeming flashback to the cold war, Russian and American officials traded prisoners in the bright sunlight on the tarmac of Vienna’s international airport on Friday, bringing to a quick end an episode that had threatened to disrupt relations between the countries. more
The New York Time July 9, 2010 WASHINGTON — On a Friday afternoon in mid-June, President Obama sat down with advisers in the Oval Office and learned that the F.B.I. planned to round up the largest ring of Russian sleeper agents since the cold war. After discussion about what the agents had done, the conversation […]
The Economist July 8, 2010 WHEN Europeans fear for their jobs and their savings, when their governments and companies cannot easily borrow money, when banks fail and the single currency trembles, then the European Union is facing not just an economic crisis, but a political crisis, as well. And, so far, Europe’s leaders have not […]
Spiegel July 8, 2010 Norwegian officials moved in on a suspected terror cell on Thursday, leading to the arrests of two suspects in Norway and a third in Germany. The three stand accused of planning a bomb attack, and they are believed to have links to similar plots in New York and Great Britain. more
Kurt Volker and Juan Zarate CBS News, Opinion July 7, 2010 This week brings a critical test for the transatlantic security partnership. The European Parliament will vote on a revised agreement with the United States on tracking terrorist finances using financial data unique to the Belgium-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). The vote […]