(The retooled, recycled version of the earlier post mentioned. Periodical option fell through so baby goes shoeless this month ;-) ) After General Michael Hayden was nominated by President Bush for …
Achtung!
For all the screaming mimis . . . this is how it works in a REAL police state. …
Imagine That (NSA Revelations)
From ABC: Americans by nearly a 2-1 ratio call the surveillance of telephone records an acceptable way for the federal government to investigate possible terrorist threats, expressing broad unconcern …
NSA Expose
Scary piece on NSA's supposed evils in USA Today this morning. Will have a more thorough treatment up later today, but in the mean time, allow me to do my bit for the environment and recycle another …
Changing Strategies
Who here ever heard of DOCEX prior to the release of the West Point report? Prior to the IDA study? Prior to Steve Hayes writing about it throughout last year? That’s what I thought. You couldn’t …
On Morale
I swear, if I read one more story about sinking morale in the CIA due to the “supremacy” of the DNI, I’m going to . . . blog some more! People I know on the inside are cautiously optimistic. They’ve …
Iran, US share Afghan goals
Tehran has aided the peaceful development of its western neighbor Afghanistan , following the overthrow of the Taliban and the election of Hamid Karzai to the Afghani presidency. Moreover, the U.S. …
Sudan, Rebel Group to Sign Peace Plan
Dishearteningly, just as some good news finally emerges from Darfur, headlines of regional militant factionalization, alliances, and attacks coupled with UN warnings of regional destabilization …
Continue Reading about Sudan, Rebel Group to Sign Peace Plan
U.S. Uses Iraq Insurgent’s Own Video to Mock Him
Recent weeks have seen powerful insurgent and sectarian dynamics in Iraq that have combined to draw Iraq closer to civil war. The continuing violence and menace of sectarian militias; the upsurge in …
Continue Reading about U.S. Uses Iraq Insurgent’s Own Video to Mock Him
Philippines says disrupts bomb plot in Manila
Despite facing down a coup attempt in late February 2006 , President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's security forces have made remarkable headway countering three of the Philippines most dangerous …
Continue Reading about Philippines says disrupts bomb plot in Manila