"The misconceptions of what the detention camp is at Guantanamo Bay are as varied and intricate as the security measures there. " -- Bill Whittle 

"There definitely is a future for NATO." -- Sally McNamara
 

"I think there is a message being sent that is effectively this: that we will punt responsibility of taking care of a dire situation in international security, and we are going to go ahead and punt to the Europeans, and we're going to punt it to NATO." -- Jonathan Schanzer
 

"Al Qaeda, which once executed spectacular attacks virtually at will, is now a dispirited and leaderless ghost of its former self." - Bill Whittle

"The fear in Turkey...is that...you would see a degradation of democracy and suddenly the solidification into some form of Islamic republic." -- Austin Bay 

Andrew Klavan reports on the realities of combat in Afghanistan.   

"During the Bush administration we were much more empowered...We were saying things we'd never dreamt of saying before the Bush administration, because the Egyptian regime had to leverage by giving us more freedoms and more rights." - Egyptian activist Cynthia Farahat

Cliff May and Austin Bay join Alexis Garcia to discuss WikiLeaks. If Julian Assange is Australian, can the United States charge him with treason? Should the First Amendment apply to him? Find out.  

With his explosive Rolling Stone profile on the stands and tearing up the internet, General Stanley McChrystal may go from the front line, to the sideline.

On this week's NSR, Whittle, May and Bay share their thoughts on the U.S. Commander in Afghanistan.  Can he call those in the White House "wimps," and still hold his job?  What happens if McChrystal leaves?  Who would replace him?  And is the Rolling Stone article solid journalism?  These issues, and more, are discussed in this National Security Review.