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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,"...
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...
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....
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....
