The Washington Times reports that since "Libya and the nation’s allies have questioned the legality of the U.S. operation" that captured a suspected al-Qaeda member, Secretary of State Kerry was prompted "to do some public relations damage control." In his damage...
Kill Capture Missions and the Privileges of the World’s Policeman
Many commentators are welcoming the news that President Obama ordered special operations forces into Somalia and Libya to "capture" suspected terrorists because at least he didn't drone bomb them instead. Granted, capturing suspects with the intention of trying them...
Here Comes the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, Dragging a Broken Moral Compass
The announcement of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, set for October 11, is sure to make big news. The prize remains the most prestigious in the world. But the award has fallen into an evasive pattern, ignoring the USA’s continuous "war on terror" and...
Video: Glenn Greenwald on GCHQ, NSA, Snowden, and Spying
BBC reporter Kirsty Wark is taking heat today on social networks and blogs for the hostile questions in her interview with Glenn Greenwald. It's unnecessary. Wark's questions are perfect in their assumption of every obvious objection someone in power might have...
No, al Shabab Is Not a Threat
The New York Times is hosting a "Room for Debate" forum on the question of whether al Shabab poses a direct threat to the U.S. Seth G. Jones of the RAND Corp is one of the commentators and employs some funny reasoning. Citing a University of Maryland database, Jones...
DC Shooting: Shame on You New York Daily News
UPDATE: More grist: "law enforcement sources" now telling NBC News that Carey, "may have thought that President Barack Obama was stalking her." Old boss tells NBC affiliate that she was fired from old job for being "too rough" with dental patients. UPDATE 10/6: Little...
Russian Space Forces Not Ready for Alien Invasion
The Russian Space Forces, an actual real branch of the Russian military (with on-again, off-again independence historically) is not in very good shape if war breaks out with some other planet. "We are unfortunately not ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations,"...
US Teams Up With Japan to Spy on China With Global Hawk Drones
The U.S. has just announced a deal with Japan that will allow basing rights for surveillance drones. Oh and the Pentagon swears their purpose is to surveil North Korea. Really, they promise. China? What's a China? "The primary mission for the Global Hawks will be...
Is Israel Derailing US-Iran Diplomacy With More Assassinations?
The Iranian commander of the Cyber War Headquarters has been assassinated by two unidentified assailants on motorbikes, in a mysterious killing that bears the hallmarks of previous assassinations of Iranian officials that most experts suspect Israel of carrying out....
NSA Admits it Tracked Ordinary Americans’ Cellphone Locations
The NSA admitted in Congressional testimony this week that they were deliberately "collect[ing] data about ordinary Americans’ cellphone locations," in a test program that lasted from 2010 to 2011. Collecting data about the cellphone locations of ordinary Americans....


