That's what some in the Saudi security establishment suspected -- and others hoped -- was happening.
After all, this is a vital post at the very pinnacle of the U.S. national security establishment.
He was a former presidential candidate, highly influential in the pan and close to Mexico's security establishment.
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It is supported by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) for the Canadian government.
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The ballroom for the "Keepers of the Flame" gathering was packed with the high priests of the new security establishment.
Many believe that their muted response is indicative of the extent to which the Pakistani security establishment can influence the media.
All this prompts speculation over whether Mr Peretz and Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, are too much under the security establishment's thumb.
The statement was interpreted as a suggestion that the smaller groups have deserted the PPP-led civilian government at the behest of the security establishment.
The security establishment sees it differently because officials believe that the pressure to reveal material means the government cannot defend itself, even if an allegation is flimsy.
When CIA Director General Petraeus was forced to resign abruptly a few weeks ago after his affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was exposed, the security establishment was thrown into turmoil.
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"The security establishment is more than content with the system's impressive results and will continue to acquire more 'Iron Dome' batteries, " he added, concluding that, in short, "the system saves lives".
Any hardening of the heart that flows from these experiences may be entirely respectable, or it may amount to being nobbled by the security establishment, as some civil-liberties campaigners will have it.
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Commentators close to the security establishment express the fear that the Americans will now force the Pakistani army to also fight their part of the battle, and that too on Pakistani soil.
Since the end of the revolution last year, Libya's security establishment has been divided on how to deal with the scores of militias, composed predominantly of ex-rebels who fought to topple the Gadhafi regime.
And we really have fundamentally altered the landscape of the United States by virtue of putting so much emphasis and so much power behind the national security establishment that is located in the Washington area.
And although Western countries are likely to view it as positive, they are generally very sceptical about the commitment of Pakistan's security establishment to get to grips with violent Islamic extremists based on Pakistani soil, he adds.
The US has put pressure Pakistan to step up the fight against those militants in north-west Pakistan who launch attacks in Afghanistan, and in recent months has accused parts of Pakistan's security establishment of backing such insurgents.
Those claims now are greeted with skepticism by many in the U.S. and the global security establishment, given that he was found in a conspicuously large and well-protected house in a garrison town, not far from Pakistan's military academy.
It would thus seem perfectly reasonable that, with the Pentagon's emphasis on increased flexibility, one could expect the national security establishment and its overseers in the executive and legislative branches to be particularly attentive to the condition of America's airlift fleet.
Gen Kayani too has had to defend the army's relationship with the US as anger has grown about excessive US penetration of Pakistan's government and security establishment - even though some of the anti-Americanism has been whipped up by the military itself.
Some analysts believed to be close to the security establishment admit that the Pakistani intelligence services nurtured these groups as a foreign policy tool, but say they are no longer under the army's control and have taken on a life of their own.
Professor Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, a military scientist who has advised the government on cybersecurity, said that the country had been working to protect its most vital systems in the security establishment and in the civilian sphere, including electricity, water and trains, for more than 10 years.
So I think the national security establishment is well served by the changes that have taken place over the last half-dozen years, as well as what we're trying to do here in this administration to make sure that we're able to use the information that exists within the different datasets to address our national security priorities.
Some in Israel's security establishment have privately expressed concerns that the increased traffic at Rafah could serve to allow more militants and weapons to cross in and out of Gaza and that it could ultimately serve to bolster the position of Hamas, which Israel and the United States consider a terrorist organization, but the Israeli government has said little publicly.
The rare expulsion decision showed just how strong Pakistan's security and intelligence establishment remains, even as the country solidifies its democracy.
Risk analysis is a basic requirement of the standard, as is the establishment of a security policy.
In addition to emphasizing the relevance of such business activity to federal procurement decisions, this process might, at minimum, urge the establishment of global security risk management programs, much like export controls already in force.
The former US President, Jimmy Carter, who held talks with the Syrian leader recently has said he believes "about 85%" of the differences between Israel and Syria have already been resolved, including borders, water rights, the establishment of a security zone and on the presence of international forces.
He doesn't really control many programs within the Pentagon or the Department of Homeland Security or within the law enforcement establishment.
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