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	In the News October 3, 2019 Group of former intelligence community watchdogs call for protecting whistleblowers Project on Government Oversight (POGO) A group of former intelligence community inspectors general, including Joel Brenner, former inspector general at the National Security Agency, have signed an open letter calling on Congress to protect the whistleblower from retaliation and unwarranted attacks, while also supporting Atkinson’s handling of the situation.
	In the News October 2, 2019 One year on, shadow of Khashoggi’s killing stalks Saudi prince Ben HubbardThe New York Times Wilhelm Fellow Hala Aldosari quoted: “Khashoggi is always going to be a stain on Mohammed bin Salman,” said Hala Aldosari, a Saudi scholar and fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies. “It is not going to go away.”
	In the News October 1, 2019 North Korea fires ballistic missile, possibly from submarine, days before talks Joyce Lee, Chang-Ran KimReuters Vipin Narang quoted: “The risk is that testing such a system causes the US to walk away before this weekend, but Kim probably bet that the US is so invested in the talks taking place and making progress ... that the US won’t walk away.”
	Analysis + Opinion September 30, 2019 Japan’s whack-a-mole foreign policy Richard J SamuelsThe Boston Globe Japanese leaders have recently faced a furious barrage of foreign policy and national security challenges, some of their own making. Each has presented itself as if a game of whack-a-mole—some in which the unhidden and unpredictable hand of President Trump has been prominent.
	In the News September 30, 2019 Former NSA inspector: whistleblower does not need firsthand information Meghna ChakrabartiWBUR On Point Joel Brenner spoke with On Point about the whistleblower complaint, "I think everybody in the intelligence community is extremely nervous. The president's been attacking the community, explicitly."
	Analysis + Opinion September 29, 2019 Its monarchy has left Saudi Arabia fragile and unbalanced Hala Al Dosari Jamal Khashoggi and I came from very different backgrounds, and this shaped our views on the politics of our Saudi homeland. There were many issues on which we didn’t agree. But we did share one crucial belief: that untrammeled power is always a danger—and particularly in the case of Saudi Arabia.
	In the News September 28, 2019 A brief history of intelligence whistleblowing Greg MyreNPR Joel Brenner interviewed by NPR: As inspector general at the NSA in the early 2000s, Joel Brenner says he was allowed to operate independently and tackle sensitive issues. But he says it's also important to look into the motives of the whistleblower.
	News@E40 September 27, 2019 CIS hosts consuls general meeting The Center hosted Boston-area consuls general for a foreign policy briefing by our faculty and scholars. Local journalists were also invited. Seventeen consuls and officials attended the September 26 event at the Samberg conference center.
	In the News September 27, 2019 Joel Brenner: allegations that WH attempted to cover up Trump-Ukraine call records is "deeply troubling" MSNBC Joel Brenner, the former Inspector General of the NSA, said that if someone covered up information for personal gain during his time in the Bush Admin, they would've been "frog marched out of the building."
	In the News September 25, 2019 GOP lawmakers invited to WH today Chris MatthewsMSNBC Hardball Joel Brenner interviewed on Hardball with Chris Matthews: I wanted to tell people who were focused on this quid pro quo business, about which people are spinning whichever way they want to, to focus instead on the sequence of events.