Think You’re Being Watched? Maybe You Are
November 6th, 2013I need to know how to build a bomb. This is not, I hasten to add, for my use or, indeed, for the use of any real person. Rather, it is for Clarence and Dwayne, two hapless wannabe terrorists in a novel I’m writing. In researching a novel, you often find yourself going places you
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Photo Of The Day — September 2nd
September 2nd, 2013U.S. President Barack Obama meets in the Situation Room with his national security advisers to discuss strategy in Syria on August 31, 2013. US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday spearheaded a drive to convince Congress to approve a military strike on Syria, saying Washington has proof the regime used Sarin gas. (AFP Photo)
To Repair The Damage Done In NSA Blowup, Start With Clapper
August 2nd, 2013With the conviction of Bradley Manning and asylum granted to Edward Snowden in Russia, it may be time to turn attention away from the controversy over their actions and toward the government — specifically, the intelligence community. Whatever ultimate judgment is leveled on Manning’s or Snowden’s actions, they have raised real questions about the ways
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Manning Guilty Of Espionage But Not ‘Aiding Enemy’
July 30th, 2013FORT MEADE, Maryland (AFP) – A US military judge found Wikileaks’ source Private Bradley Manning guilty of several counts of espionage on Tuesday but cleared him of the charge that he ‘aided the enemy.’ Despite being cleared on the most serious charge, Manning will still face a lengthy prison term for his breaches of the
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McCain Is A Maverick Again As Obama’s Republican Ally
July 28th, 2013July 29 (Bloomberg) — Washington being Washington, the hottest relationship in town doesn’t revolve around sex or even the next presidential election: it’s the political courtship of old antagonists, Barack Obama and John McCain. Political relationships, especially those involving the president, are the sustenance of the American capital. Sometimes they are poisonous: President Lyndon Johnson
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