Print John Sexton Follow Read Full Bio Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer The first trailer for the Hobbit sequel is out today: 11 Jun 2013 Post Looks Down Its Nose at Sen. Rand Paul for Holding Same Views as Senator Obama In an editorial published Monday Charles Lane attacks Sen. Rand Paul's attempt to challenge the NSA's collection of information on U.S. citizens, suggesting it easy to be a critic in the back benches of the Senate. 11 Jun 2013 The Snowden Interview: Friend or Foe? The Edward Snowden interview has been put on You Tube so if you haven't seen it yet it's worth watching: 11 Jun 2013 Patrick Kennedy's Denial of Political Pressure at State Looks Different Now Today CBS' John Miller revealed an internal memo which shows that people high up within the State Department killed off potentially embarrassing investigations by the Inspector General on multiple occasions. 10 Jun 2013 50 Cent Defends Gov't Surveillance: 'We'd Rather Not Experience 9/11' Yesterday afternoon I visited the Producer's Guild conference which was held on the Fox Studio lot in Los Angeles. While waiting on line for an event featuring Jerry Bruckheimer I overheard that Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson would be appearing at the Fox commissary for an event. I decided to go. 10 Jun 2013 Document: Sen. Obama Opposed 'Government Fishing Expeditions' Under Patriot Act A "Dear Colleague" letter signed by then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) in 2005 urged an end to "government fishing expeditions" under Section 215 of the Patriot Act to gather records on American citizens indiscriminately. The letter was also signed by eight other Senators, including John Kerry (D-MA) and Chuck Hagel (R-ND), who currently serve in President Obama's Cabinet as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, respectively. 10 Jun 2013 Geert Wilders Predicts a European Spring Geert Wilders opened the conference with a key note speech in which he suggested Europe was primed for a "European spring." Wilders comment was an obvious reference to the so-called Arab spring in which numerous countries had mass protests pushing for regime change. In Wilder's view that corrupt government which needs to be thrown off is the European Union: 9 Jun 2013 NY Times A1 Story Wrongly Credits NSA's PRISM for Foiling Zazi Case Yesterday both the NY Times and Reuters claimed the Zazi terror plot against New York subways was foiled by an NSA email collection program called PRISM. That was not the case. The key to stopping the Zazi plot was an arrest and investigation by British authorities. 8 Jun 2013 Another Star Trek Training Video - This One Filmed in a Nuclear Power Plant ABC affiliate 10 News has revealed that employees at San Onofre nuclear power plant in Orange County, California created a Star Trek spoof inside the plant's control room simulator. 7 Jun 2013 Foiled 2009 Plot Involved Emails Sent to an Al Qaeda Email Account One day after the story broke about the NSA's PRISM program, Reuters reveals the NSA email gathering effort helped foil a 2009 terror plot. 7 Jun 2013 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Trailer The first trailer for the Hobbit sequel is out today: 11 Jun 2013
Post Looks Down Its Nose at Sen. Rand Paul for Holding Same Views as Senator Obama In an editorial published Monday Charles Lane attacks Sen. Rand Paul's attempt to challenge the NSA's collection of information on U.S. citizens, suggesting it easy to be a critic in the back benches of the Senate. 11 Jun 2013
The Snowden Interview: Friend or Foe? The Edward Snowden interview has been put on You Tube so if you haven't seen it yet it's worth watching: 11 Jun 2013
Patrick Kennedy's Denial of Political Pressure at State Looks Different Now Today CBS' John Miller revealed an internal memo which shows that people high up within the State Department killed off potentially embarrassing investigations by the Inspector General on multiple occasions. 10 Jun 2013
50 Cent Defends Gov't Surveillance: 'We'd Rather Not Experience 9/11' Yesterday afternoon I visited the Producer's Guild conference which was held on the Fox Studio lot in Los Angeles. While waiting on line for an event featuring Jerry Bruckheimer I overheard that Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson would be appearing at the Fox commissary for an event. I decided to go. 10 Jun 2013
Document: Sen. Obama Opposed 'Government Fishing Expeditions' Under Patriot Act A "Dear Colleague" letter signed by then-Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) in 2005 urged an end to "government fishing expeditions" under Section 215 of the Patriot Act to gather records on American citizens indiscriminately. The letter was also signed by eight other Senators, including John Kerry (D-MA) and Chuck Hagel (R-ND), who currently serve in President Obama's Cabinet as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, respectively. 10 Jun 2013
Geert Wilders Predicts a European Spring Geert Wilders opened the conference with a key note speech in which he suggested Europe was primed for a "European spring." Wilders comment was an obvious reference to the so-called Arab spring in which numerous countries had mass protests pushing for regime change. In Wilder's view that corrupt government which needs to be thrown off is the European Union: 9 Jun 2013
NY Times A1 Story Wrongly Credits NSA's PRISM for Foiling Zazi Case Yesterday both the NY Times and Reuters claimed the Zazi terror plot against New York subways was foiled by an NSA email collection program called PRISM. That was not the case. The key to stopping the Zazi plot was an arrest and investigation by British authorities. 8 Jun 2013
Another Star Trek Training Video - This One Filmed in a Nuclear Power Plant ABC affiliate 10 News has revealed that employees at San Onofre nuclear power plant in Orange County, California created a Star Trek spoof inside the plant's control room simulator. 7 Jun 2013
Foiled 2009 Plot Involved Emails Sent to an Al Qaeda Email Account One day after the story broke about the NSA's PRISM program, Reuters reveals the NSA email gathering effort helped foil a 2009 terror plot. 7 Jun 2013
AP boss blasts Justice over records grab, says move gives cover to dictatorships19 Jun 2013, 1:36 PM PDT
Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina, in wake of tighter state gun laws19 Jun 2013, 1:05 PM PDT
Cage-fight: Rep scrambles to stop California from imposing its egg laws on other states19 Jun 2013, 12:40 PM PDT
AP boss blasts Justice over records grab, says move gives cover to dictatorships19 Jun 2013, 1:36 PM PDT
Connecticut gun maker moving to South Carolina, in wake of tighter state gun laws19 Jun 2013, 1:05 PM PDT
Cage-fight: Rep scrambles to stop California from imposing its egg laws on other states19 Jun 2013, 12:40 PM PDT