International Waters are Not Free

From U.N., Wikipedia and World Net Daily sources: The U.N. has now taken upon itself to regulateInternational Waters--setting in motion, what had beenpreviously very dangerous precedents, into fact.From the U.N. A Constitution of the Oceans, ratified and implementedback...

US Readiness for Flu Outbreak "Spotty"- RapidRecon

Putting aside for a moment whether an outbreak of Pandemic avian flu (H5N1) is on the horizon or not, the recent outbreaks in China (where no concrete connections have yet been proven) and in Pakistan (where a small chain of human to human transmission has occurred...

DailyBriefings--Center for Threat Awareness

December 21, 2007  1. China’s intelligence service gained access to a secret NSA listening post in Hawaii through a Chinese-language translation service. 2. Suicide bomber again targets Pakistani Interior Ministry, kills 50 at Eid prayers in mosque. 3. Belgium...

Torture chamber found in Iraq

I fail to see how the United States is responsible for this gruesome atrocity. From Yahoo, via AP News: BAGHDAD - Blood-splotches on walls, chains hanging from a ceiling and swords on the killing floor — the artifacts left a disturbing tale of brutalities inside a...

Support the Iraq Surge? Or Collapse our Position?

An opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal: I recently spent a week touring Iraq, meeting with American servicemen and women and interacting with Iraqis. What I saw convinced me that the war has changed in both tone and substance since the president surged 30,000 troops...

US Military Not Told of Turkey Bomb Plan

I'm not sure what to make of this. From Drudge, via MyWay: WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. military commanders in Iraq didn't know Turkey was sending warplanes to bomb in northern Iraq until the planes had already crossed the border, said defense and diplomatic officials, who were...

Trouble in Hillaryland

What seemed like a sure bet, doesn't appear so anymore. This is no longer speculation, that Senator Clinton's presidential campaign is in trouble--it is fact. From Newsweek of all places: A senior Democratic senator fretted in a holiday receiving line that "this celebrity...

Teen caller tricks White House

You gotta laugh at this one. From Reuters: REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - A teen-ager says he convinced the White House he was Iceland's president and managed to schedule a call with George W. Bush but was found out before he got to talk to the U.S. president. "My call was...

Questions of intelligence

Via the Boston Globe: FOR 15 YEARS in my various government and parliament duties for the State of Israel, I have been closely tracking Iran's nuclear program. I do so because I consider it a threat to the international community and an existential threat to my...