by Greg McNeal | May 5, 2011 | Archive
I’m reposting (with permission) a piece that was just published by Foreign Policy magazine entitled The Bin Laden Aftermath: Why Obama Chose SEALs, Not Drones. Why did the United States choose to launch a raid against al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s...
by Greg McNeal | May 2, 2011 | Archive
Beyond confirming that Bin Laden was actually the person killed in Abottabad, what is the significance of troops being on the ground to conduct the Bin Laden Operation? Can their presence lead us to the new #1 in al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri? In the coming days we...
by Greg McNeal | May 2, 2011 | Archive
I’m guest blogging over at Opinio Juris, below is a repost of something I wrote there: First off, there is a lot of talk about this operation being a “human operation” involving special operations forces. Some readers may assume that this meant there were no...
by Greg McNeal | Jul 24, 2009 | Archive, Media Appearances
UPDATE: The radio show is now available for download. Click here to listen or download. Tomorrow morning from 9am-10am (Thursday July 23, 2009) I will appear for an hour on “Smart Talk” WITF-89.5FM and 93.3FM. The topic is Guantanamo, the detainee task...
by Greg McNeal | May 28, 2009 | Archive, Media Appearances
I was recently interviewed regarding President Obama’s decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The interview is 15 minutes long. The interview can be heard here: https://gsmcneal.blip.tv/file/2171326/ Or if the link doesn’t work for you the...