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CBS News (video): Larry Pfeiffer, former senior director of the White House Situation Room, describes what it’s like to be in “the room where the hardest decisions in the world get made.” Pfeiffer starts at 1:56. Also in MSN, US Times Mirror, Halla Back, and Social News XYZ.
Background Briefing with Ian Masters (podcast): Louise Shelley discusses Zelensky’s former media partner Tymur Mindich siphoning off possibly $100 million in energy company kickbacks. Also in Pacifica Radio.
The Bulwark (podcast): Michael Hunzeker discusses his new book, America’s Taiwan Dilemma, coauthored with Mark Christopher.
Washingtonian: Abigail Spanberger’s First 100 Days: What Virginians can expect from their next governor (Jeremy Mayer quoted). Also in Nordot.
WVTF (Virginia’s Public Radio; audio option): Gambling interests are investing heavily in Virginia’s legislative process (Jennifer Victor quoted). Also in WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA).
Northern Virginia Magazine: The secrets to the CIA Kryptos Sculpture are now for sale (Larry Pfeiffer quoted).
CBC (audio option; Canada): Trump-appointed attorneys have been disqualified 3 times this year. Will the Comey, James prosecutor be next? (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in Today News 24.
Cardinal News (audio option; Roanoke, VA): The polls said the attorney general’s race would be close. It wasn’t. Here’s what happened (Op-ed in which Mark J. Rozell quoted).
Virginia Mercury: Spanberger appoints former state education secretaries to transition team (Anne Holton quoted).
The New Republic (subscription may be required; audio option): Trump’s case against James Comey is crashing and burning (Andrew McCabe mentioned).
The Daily Progress (The Richmond Times-Dispatch pickup; subscription required; Charlottesville, VA): Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein: Governor-elect defended UVA’s integrity, and Youngkin attacked her for it. (Co-authored op-ed by Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein).
European Security and Defense: In a deep dive about the Army’s Project Linchpin, Alan R. Shark offers a warning regarding AI in military settings.
The Washington Post (audio option): The Trump prosecutor probing former top Obama administration officials (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Similar in AlterNet and other media outlets.
WMRA (Harrisonburg, VA): Which statewide candidates overperformed their ticket-mates? (David Ramadan quoted). Also WVTF.
Associated Press: Judge scolds Justice Department for ‘profound investigative missteps’ in Comey case (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in The Boston Globe, Yahoo! News, PBS News, and The Detroit News.
Deseret News (audio option; Salt Lake City, UT): Opinion: The real lesson from Democrats’ election wins (Op-ed in which Bill Schneider mentioned).
Government Technology: Alan R. Shark writes about AI and change management.
Wu’s Asking (video): Michael Hunzeker developments in the Taiwan military. Also in First Story and UpMedia (translation may be necessary). The Taiwan Security Monitor was cited in American Affairs Journal and other outlets.
Fortune (Associated Press pickup; subscription may be required): Judge blasts ‘disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps’ in DOJ’s case against former FBI chief James Comey (Andrew McCabe mentioned). Also in VPM (local NPR/PBS affiliate in Richmond, VA), The News Tribune (Jefferson City, MO), Carolina Coast Online (Morehead, NC), and other media outlets.
Austin American-Statesman: James Finkelstein weighs in on the odd tenure offer of the University of Texas’s outgoing president.
VPM (local NPR/PBS affiliate in Richmond, VA): Virginia Democrats plan to capitalize on 2025 ‘tsunami’ (Jennifer Victor quoted). Also in the Richmond Free Press.
Focus Taiwan (audio option; Taiwan): Defense/U.S. arms package to help keep Taiwan’s military hardware operational (Michael Hunzeker quoted). Similar in Taipei Times.
Academia
FIU-Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera writes a policy position paper about the U.S. designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
Books
Global Security in the 21st Century, curated and edited by Ali Mammadov, forward by Ellen Laipson, showcases the voices of rising leaders in international security.