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...ongoing investigation into the deadly February 9 collision of the USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishing boat Ehime Maru was going nowhere fast. Civilians and Navy personnel on board the submarine that day reported that careful and routine surveillance did not at any time reveal the presence of ships nearby. On Tuesday, however, National Transportation Safety Board officials revealed that the sub's sonar had in fact picked up the Maru just over an hour before the collision. In addition, the Greenville's fire control technician, who's responsible for plotting the sub's position using sonar contacts, told investigators...
TONY KARON: The Navy says the civilians sitting at two of the three control stations aboard the USS Greeneville were not a factor in its collision with a Japanese vessel during an emergency surfacing routine. Is this issue something of a red herring...
...such terrorist attacks, a strategic national security response is much less clear-cut. After the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the U.S. military reacted with missile attacks in Afghanistan and the Sudan-by some considered terrorist acts in themselves. Not surprisingly, the reaction to the USS Cole attack in Yemen was much less drastic. In this case, the U.S. is trusting in the Yemen court system to punish the alleged terrorists...
Overshadowed by the presidential election, new information surrounding the USS Cole bombing raises critical questions regarding U.S. policy in the region, as well as the failure of U.S. officials to take necessary precautions before the attack and appropriate action afterwards...
With the recently concluded presidential race capturing everyone's attention, policy-makers and military leaders must not turn away from the task of determining which weaknesses--in leadership, doctrine, organization or all of the above--led to the USS Cole bombing and continue to threaten U.S. operations elsewhere in the region. Protecting American lives and combating terrorism must be based upon the seamless integration of intelligence into diplomatic and military decision-making. Political will, supported by the joining of sound intelligence collection and analysis with socioeconomic development programs, is the key to disrupting and destroying terrorist capacity. Washington needs...