Mar
08
2006
I posted a while ago that the defining issue for the 2006 elections will be impeachment (here, here and here). This strong grass roots movement will grow stronger ovger time and will only be to the detriment of the Democrats. After Alito and the NSA losses, the liberal base is getting more and more frustrated […]
Mar
08
2006
The fact that the US Congress is working to establish a legal cover for the NSA’s Terrorist Surveillance Program the liberals are jumping ship on the Dems and hopping mad Here is a letter from one bloke saying ‘goodbye‘ to Howard Dean, the DNC Chairman who has bankrupted the Democrats: I’m writing to say goodbye. […]
Mar
08
2006
** update at end **Â Today the tide completed its turn away from the media lies and spin and towards common sense. The NSA story started off as a media-made fantasy where supposedly Bush ordered the NSA to defy the FISA act and go witch hunting. In the end it was learned that the only […]
Mar
07
2006
Apparently, the former Chief Justice of the secret star chamber Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has decided to do an interview with James Bamford who writes in The Atlantic (subscription required). In this article, Lamberth recounts a day in April 2002 when FBI agents come to is house to request an emergency hearing. This is […]
Mar
07
2006
** update at end ** There has been a lot of talk about a story in Aviation Week & Space Technology about a mothballed DoD program for a single or two stage to orbit system called “Blackstar”. While it is clear the DoD and NASA have been investigating new ways to get to orbit, they […]
Mar
07
2006
There is a lot of action in Pakistan these days. The press is focused on the rumor mongering and supposed tensions between Afghanistand and Pakistan, and no doubt this is one element in what is going on. I wrote recently about the military activities in the Taliban friendly norther provinces and the possible emergence of […]
Mar
07
2006
John Hawkins (via Lorie Byrd at Polipundit) linked to this liberal cry-fest at DU. Just because America grew up beyond liberal-think these people are glad they have no kids or grandkids? You know, Darwin was right, those who cannot adapt die off. But this is pathetic. We conservatives see the world differently. We recognize the […]
Mar
07
2006
My problem with Able Danger is it appears a high level, poitical appointee was able to use his power to destroy information that was personally uncomfortable, but critical to national security and which could have detected and avoided 9-11. 3,000 people died on 9-11, and it is plausible to assume if the partisan purge of […]
Mar
07
2006
Follow the link at Decision 08 – an interesting read and only one hop away.
Mar
07
2006
When the media called for a special counsel in the non outing of a non covert agent, Valerie Plame, they unleashed a precedent that they will forever regret. They set the bar so low on the subject of Valerie Plame’s CIA position (which was still too high for Fitzgerald to find any criminal act regarding […]