Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz managed to insert an amendment that would prohibit universities from funding Confucius Institutes, which have ties to the Communist Party in China.
Topic: CIA
When the Democrats and Russians Opposed Reagan
“It is preposterous to believe that the Russians had any effect on the outcome of voting in this country,” said Rush Limbaugh on “Fox News Sunday.” Nevertheless, Republican-led congressional committees have already been stampeded into…
The CIA-Media-Academia Axis
As controversy swirled around President-elect Donald J. Trump’s battle with the CIA concerning its questionable intelligence product on Russian hacking, a strong defense of the agency and an attack on Trump came from Joshua Rovner…
Cybersecurity Worries Intelligence Officials
Cybersecurity is a huge concern for the CIA in today’s world. At a panel during a recent CIA-George Washington University conference, several panelists from the CIA, the U.S. Naval Academy and cybersecurity consulting firms discussed…
The New Cold War
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and George Washington University held a joint conference, their third together, at the university’s D.C. campus. Peter Clement, deputy assistant director for CIA’s Europe and Eurasia Mission, John McLaughlin, distinguished…
Intelligence Chiefs Visit Washington D.C. for George Washington-CIA Conference
Three intelligence officials visited the joint Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and George Washington University (GWU) conference. Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, chief of intelligence for Afghanistan’s national government, Nick Warner of Australia’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and…
CIA is Worried about Europe’s Refugee Crisis
At their third annual joint conference, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and George Washington University (GWU) held a meeting on GWU’s campus last week. CIA Director John Brennan gave the opening remarks and interestingly enough,…
Do colleges + universities=economic growth?
Academics have been arguing for decades that colleges and universities are engines of economic growth. Now they seem to have scientific proof, or do they? “We estimate fixed effects models at the sub-national level between…
UPenn Administration: Free Speech Doesn’t Mean You Can Shut Down a Speech
But student protesters did just that last week at the University of Pennsylvania, preventing John Brennan of the CIA from speaking. Photo by CSIS: Center for Strategic & International Studies
CIA Director John Brennan Critized by Professors at Alma Mater
As the College Fix reported: “A cohort of faculty at Fordham University dedicated to opposing torture have vehemently denounced CIA Director John Brennan for defending enhanced interrogation techniques used in the wake of Sept. 11…