Michael Pregent is a former analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency who focused on Iran in the course of his service. Currently an adjunct fellow at the Hudson Institute focused on Middle Eastern affairs, he is also a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National
Edward A. Turzanski is a Life Member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO), having served with the U.S. Intelligence Community in postings throughout the Middle East, Central Asia and Eastern Europe during the Reagan Administration. He was also a member of the U.S. Department of
Derek Harvey is a former US Army Colonel and Senior Intelligence Executive for the Defense Intelligence Agency. As a US Army Colonel, he served with General David Petraeus in the Middle East. He has more than 20 years of experience analyzing Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia security, terro
Psychoanalyst Ira Moses is Director of Training at the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry in New York City. What is the impact of the classification of the “28 pages” concerning the 9-11 attacks on Americans’ perceptions of their government? Sigmund Freud said that there are three “imposs
American political commentators and former government officials have accused the Obama Administration of a thinly veiled attempt to manipulate the American public discussion, at a time of growing disenchantment with the Iranian nuclear deal, by training the media’s attention on an alleged Saudi gove
Robert Joseph served as the United States Special Envoy for Nuclear Non-proliferation, with ambassadorial rank. Prior to this post, Joseph was the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, a position he held until January 24, 2007. Joseph is known for being instrumental i
As shown by Asharq Al-Awsat in a series of reports, exclusive interviews, and U.S. federal court and government documents, an elaborate case brought to trial by September 11 victims and insurance companies against the Islamic Republic of Iran has concluded in a default judgment in favor of the plain
In testimony provided to a New York federal court regarding an Iranian role in the September 11, 2001 attacks, two former CIA officers asserted that Iran and Al-Qaeda collaborated on multiple terrorist operations, including the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. The witnesses stated that th
New York In March 26, 2010, extensive testimony was entered into evidence in the Havlish case against Iran, in the court of the Southern District of New York, by two long time CIA officials who were designated by the court as “expert witnesses.” Asharq Al-Awsat has retrieved the relevant documents a
A New York court has rendered a judgment in excess of $22 billion against the Iran government for involvement in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The order was based on testimony from witnesses documenting a longstanding relationship between Iran and Al-Qaeda which enabled the latter to per
The former Homeland Security Adviser to former US President George W. Bush Frances Townsend said that she sympathises with how Arab countries, especially Saudi Arabia, feel about the change in the Obama administration’s policies towards them. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Townsend said
New York- A civil suit filed by two insurance companies and hundreds of families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks has ended in a multibillion dollar judgment against the government of Iran. In a prior case which concluded in December 2011, Judge George Daniels of the Southern Dist
David Shedd is one of the most influential American intelligence officers in the post-September 11 era. During the Bush Years, serving in the National Security Council and eventually as Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Policy, Plans, and Requirements, he implemented sweeping intelligence
