The Islamic Republic of Iran seized two U.S. Navy vessels while they were navigating the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, detaining the ships and ten American sailors near Iran’s Farsi Island, the Pentagon said.
Britain’s Telegraph is reporting that an Iranian nuclear scientist involved in his country’s nuclear program is dead and another, who is a specialist involved in preparing nuclear isotopes, has been injured, by what are being called “magnet-bombs” stuck to the
Lee Smith has a fascinating article over at Tablet. His conclusion: WikiLeaks must be in cahoots with Cheney and Netanyahu because the revelations are a vindication of what the neoconservatives have been saying all along. An excerpt: “Wikileaks founder Julian
“A free, fair, and objective discussion amongst members of the United States government will be precluded from taking place as a result of Wikileaks information warfare against the United States. This does not increase government transparency, but debilitates it because
It didn’t get nearly as much play as it should have, but Obama’s June 2009 meeting with Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah ended with the monarch flying into a tirade and more or less telling the President to get a grip.
Just scanned the early stories on the Wikileaks document dump — which are themselves scans of the Wikileaks document dump, given that a colossal 251,287 State Department cables have been released in this Internet/media robbery/fencing information-operation. How to assess this
I know more than your average knuckle dragger about cybersecurity and the technical issues around the WikiLeaks debacle. Full disclosure, I work with a software company that has engineered and is currently building a secure collaboration product that could significantly
The growing recognition by the public that sharia is the underlying threat doctrine driving the global jihad and the war against the West gave voice in the last mid-term election in Oklahoma. An amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution, known as
Let’s put down the legal pamphlets for a second and have an adult talk about the real world. At what point does one go from being a champion of free speech to a clear and present danger to the interests
Dos #1. Investigate and Prosecute. We have no way of knowing if the leaks began and end with PFC Manning. Hopefully, the U.S. government knows more. Job #1 is to put the investigation into overdrive, identify any and all parties
If there can be any doubt that our enemies are enjoying this fresh round of disclosures by Wikileaks, look no further than this speech a couple of days ago by Hugo Chavez, in which he talks about “bandits” and “fascists”
The National Journal is reporting: “The latest WikiLeaks document dump, publishing the details of more than 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables, has member of Congress blaming both the whistle-blowing website and the U.S. government for somehow allowing it to happen.
Feuding European officials signed off on a bailout of Ireland’s banking system on Sunday night, but it failed to calm financial markets on Monday morning, according to EuroIntelligence. 10-year bond yields for Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Greece as of November
