Obama asks for study on Regional leaders before Troop decision

The Washington Post reports this morning that President Obama has asked a small group of senior advisers led by VP Joe Biden to conduct a study on what regions could be more effective as partners of the United...

President Obama to meet with National Security Council at today

After some delay on the issue of a new Afghanistan strategy and the 60 minute segment on Sunday featuring General Stanley McChrystal, President Obama will meet with his National Security Council today. ...

Physicians for Human Rights: More Torture Investigation Needed

In an eight page paper entitled, Aiding Torture: Health Professionals' Ethics and Human Rights Violations Revealed in the May 2004 CIA Inspector General's Report, Physicians for Human Rights...

Obama approves High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG)

President Obama has made another move to distance himself from Bush policies on interrogation.  He has approved the creation of an elite team of interrogators to question key terrorism suspects This elite...

Not Losing Sight of the Forest for the Trees

For the past several weeks, I've been listening to former Vice President Dick Cheney, who apparently has decided to personify the Ghost of the Administration Past, appearing almost weekly to offer his opinions,...

India's violent north-east

The serial bomb blasts in the major urban centers of Assam were a bloody reminder of the insurgencies that are raging in India’s north-eastern parts. The fact these took place just ahead of the Prime...

20,000lb Spy Satellite - Plummeting Uncontrolled to Earth

I don't know about you, but I plan on keeping a watchful eye toward the heavens, and an ear on the radio over the next few weeks.  Coming out of Washington today, Associated Press is reporting that yet...