WaPo associated editor Robert Kaiser tries to justify the publication of secrets. The gem: Labeling something "classified" or important to "national security" does not make it so. The government …
Pesky Details (will help win the war)
Via Powerline: All that paper, all those hard drives, all those unanswered questions, so little time . . . What’s that you say? The war is over? This is just history? The war is approaching the …
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Keepin’ it Real
Real insecure: The Department of Homeland Security allowed a man to enter its headquarters last week using a fake Matricula Consular card as identification, despite federal rules that say the …
Avast!
A computer hacker got into the U.S. agency that guards the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and stole the personal records of at least 1,500 employees and contractors, a senior U.S. lawmaker said …
Oldie but Goodie
Military officials insist their case [in 2003] for attacking Zarqawi¹s operation [a terrorist camp in Iraq] was airtight, but the administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could …
It’s like we’re trying to lose
[…] what the Americans had always lacked was someone from inside Mr. Zarqawi's network, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, who would betray … According to a Pentagon official, the Americans finally got one. The …
Ah, so
A former FBI agent who once faced up to 15 years in federal prison for allegedly tipping off a family friend that he was suspected of spying for the Chinese pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor …
Thanks for Noticing
Actually, it was going on well before the late Mr. Z got into the game but that's OK; they're trying to pay attention and it is better late than never. …
Mailbag
I never met a secret squirel (sic) that didn’t think the sky was falling. Can’t you enjoy the success? After long, hard, and expensive struggle we’ve managed to kill a man responsible for the deaths …
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
After the cake is gone and everyone has left the garbage behind, get your context here. In other words: don't start packing your bags just yet. …