With the threat of intervention looming over the heads of those who fail to successfully filter out dangerous information, companies often act extremely conservatively – removing more than officials have demanded – to avoid any chance of offending the CIIRC.
Ms. Rajavi, an Iranian exile who describes herself as the president-elect of the country's resistance, cited the example of a notorious July 1995 massacre of the Yugoslavian war, saying: "With the threat of another Srebrenica looming in Ashraf, intervention is absolutely essential".
This government inquiry, paired with a looming American military intervention in Syria, raises crucial questions about the revolving door between the public and private sectors, as accomplished men and women exchange modest government paychecks for big Wall Street payouts and private-equity firms continue to invest heavily in the defense sector.
With the prospect of American military intervention looming, Syria agreed in September 2013 to a US-Russia brokered deal whereby Damascus would hand over its entire chemical weapons stockpile.
Looming over any potential intervention is the specter of Iraq, where a sectarian civil war devastated the country in 2006 and 2007 despite a major American military presence.
It also has the looming threat of military intervention.
In his remarks to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Obama understandably focused on the looming question of military intervention in Syria.
While the ongoing campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the looming threat of Russian intervention in Ukraine have understandably captured the attention of most U.S. foreign policy observers, recent events underscore that the most important long-term challenge confronting the United States remains the rise of China.
At minimum, the bottom 20% of schools in California and other states with comparatively poor student achievement need to take concrete steps toward improvement; the looming federal compromise would require intervention only at the lowest-performing 5%.
"It is time for members to move forward with legislation like The States Act or The Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act, which would allow states the flexibility and autonomy to regulate cannabis as best they see fit — free from the looming threat of undue federal intervention," he added.
