This time a group of Al Qaeda was found in Pakistan and taken out. Now that is how to wage a war.

When the Litvinenko death first made headlines and I suspected the PR effort was too smooth and well rehearsed for a surprise death, I suspected the supposed assassination was actually the inadvertent exposure of a terroris smuggling effort. I noted that Litvinenko was hailed as a martyr by Chechen Muslims, not something easily bestowed on […]

Want to know why some doubt the reasoning powers of judges and legislators? Take the argument in Michigan that adultery is considered a felony sexual assault (even though, clearly, adultery is consensual between those having the sex). Obviously someone is not thinking at all in this one. Why do we have to settle for such […]

The Litvinenko case has gone from the strange into the bizarre. What is truly compelling is that Andrei Lugovoi stated he would not have anything to say until things got going on January 15th. Well some interesting things got going today. Apparently Russians believe the Litvinenko death is somehow tied to the Yukos oil companies […]

The Scooter Libby trial begins today with jury selection and promises to be a top news item for the coming 6 weeks. We know many of Fitzgerald’s witnesses have problems due to pre-trial transcripts. Clearly Mathew Cooper has provided conflicting testimony – the same cannot be said of Libby who was consistent, if not inaccurate, […]

The second two hours of the premiere of 24 was truly rivetting. To me the most jarring moment was when Jack had to kill Curtis. Again, we see the up-until-now prime example of a good American taken over by vengeance and hate. Consumed to the point of endangering everyone else. I cannot help but see […]

We had heard earlier reports that Kovtun’s ex-wife, partner and her two children had been cleared of Po-210 poisoning. It seems those reports were premature: In the poison spy case the focus is now moving to Germany … where four people have been confirmed contaminated with polonium-210, the substance used to kill the former KGB […]

In the continuing saga of the Litvinenko poisoning by Polonium-210 it seems the Russian investigators will be travelling to London to sit in on some more interrogations related to the Po-210 smuggling and Litvinenko death (which some believe was an assassination while others, like myslef, believe it was an accident in handling the very dangerous […]

One thing people forget (as a growing part of the population becomes totally disconnected from military service – and much of reality) is that when you sign up you sign over a lot of your privacy. As do many of us who hold clearances. People worried about Uncle Sam knowing how much money you have […]

LJStrata and I are avid 24 fans and awaited with great anticipation the start of “Day 6”. I find it truly interesting (and very helpful to our society’s current debates) that this season’s threat is terrorists. There are arguments on both sides of every aspect of the ongoing real world debate reflected in the show […]