Category Archives: NSAC Posts

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President Obama’s Decision on Syria
BY CAITLIN HAYDEN, White House Blog

Just now, President Obama laid out the case for a targeted military action against Syrian regime targets as a result of their use of chemical weapons that killed over one thousand people — including hundreds of children. The President also made clear that this would not be an open-ended intervention, and there will be no American troops on the ground.

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Obama Calls Surveillance Programs Legal and Limited
BY PETER BAKER and DAVID E. SANDER, The NYTimes

WASHINGTON — President Obama offered a robust defense of newly revealed surveillance programs on Friday as more classified secrets spilled into public, complicating a summit meeting with China’s new president focused partly on human rights and cybersecurity.