The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Mike Nova   @mikenov 60 law enforcement officers fatally shot this year, 20 in ambushes, report says | http:// fxn.ws/2fuOrQh   60 law enforcement officers fatally shot this year, 20 in ambushes, report says A total of 60 law enforcement officers have died in firearms-related incidents in 2016, marking a 67 percent increase since 2015, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reported. foxnews.com 5 h   Mike Nova   @mikenov Manhunt in France after killing at religious residence http://www. chron.com/news/world/art icle/Masked-gunman-bursts-into-monks-residence-kills-10635049.php?cmpid=twitter-desktop  … via @ houstonchron Manhunt in France after killing at religious residence PARIS (AP) — French police searched Friday for a masked gunman suspected of stabbing an elderly woman to death in a retirement home for Catholic missionaries in southern France, authorities said. The... chron.com 8 h  

The dangerous politicization of Israeli Intelligence politicization of Israeli Intelligence   politicization of Mossad Yossi Cohen and politicization of Mossad   Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (C) with outgoing director of Mossad, Tamir Pardo (R), and incoming director Yossi Cohen, at a ceremony for the newly appointed Mossad head in Tel Aviv, on Wednesday (1.6.16). (Kobi Gideon/GPO) " In choosing the next Mossad chief, Netanyahu made up his mind at the last minute. Pardo, the departing chief, had succeeded in convincing Netanyahu to appoint N (whose identity is classified), the agency's current deputy chief, but the prime minister hesitated to announce his decision, which was delayed for about an hour. Finally, Netanyahu took his spot opposite live television cameras and   announced Cohen's appointment . The prime minister had not alerted Cohen beforehand, so Israel's new head spy heard of his appointment on television, sitting at home