. . Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:42:08 -0400 From: Steven Aftergood <saftergood@xxxxxxx> To: Steven Aftergood <saftergood@xxxxxxx> Subject: Secrecy News -- 03/28/12 . . SECRECY NEWS . from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2012, Issue No. 28 March 28, 2012 . . Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ . . ** IMPLICATIONS OF AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN, AND MORE FROM CRS . . IMPLICATIONS OF AN ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN, AND MORE FROM CRS . . The factors that could influence an Israeli decision to attack Iranian nuclear targets and the implications of such an act were assessed in a new report from the Congressional Research Service. The report surveys the multiple dimensions of the issue at length, though it does not appear to provide much new information or original analysis. See Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities, March 27, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R42443.pdf Other new or updated CRS reports that Congress has not made directly available to the public include the following. Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, March 23, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32048.pdf Fact Sheet: The FY2013 State and Foreign Operations Budget Request, March 19, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42429.pdf Foreign Assistance to North Korea, March 20, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R40095.pdf China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities -- Background and Issues for Congress, March 23, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33153.pdf Cybersecurity: Selected Legal Issues, March 14, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42409.pdf Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy, March 7, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL31269.pdf . . . Secrecy News is written by Steven Aftergood and published by the Federation of American Scientists. The Secrecy News Blog is at: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ To SUBSCRIBE to Secrecy News, go to: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/subscribe.html To UNSUBSCRIBE, go to http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/unsubscribe.html OR email your request to saftergood@xxxxxxx Secrecy News is archived at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/index.html Support the FAS Project on Government Secrecy with a donation: http://www.fas.org/member/donate_today.html . . _______________________ . . . Steven Aftergood Project on Government Secrecy Federation of American Scientists web: www.fas.org/sgp/index.html email: saftergood@xxxxxxx voice: (202) 454-4691 twitter: @saftergood . .