The Watcher’s Council has selected their picks for best post for the week and here are the winners. In the council category the winner was Our George by Done With Mirrors, with  a tie in second place going to The Breach by New Sisyphus and The Information War by ShrinkWrapped. In the non council category […]

Mac Ranger has been listening in on the internal investigation regarding the leaks of the criticial Terrorist Surveillance Program run by the NSA and the CIA programs to transfer suspected terrorists into US custody. The focus is coming down on two heavy weight Democrat Senators: Rockefeller and Durbin. This source expands on the Washington Post […]

The revelations about the NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program have not yet made the national news – but they will. Instead of an effort to bypass FISA, FISA court judges leaked to the Washington Post a while back the fact they have been rejecting leads of possible terrorists in the US simply because they do not […]

The first interview we did on this site was with a man who headed security at Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch, and who had clearly disturbing insight on how many kids would sleep at Neverland. This man knew how many children slept in Michael’s room or other favorite spots because the fire code demanded security keep […]

We need more of this in the Muslim world, and we need less lashing out at Arab Muslims in our own country so my grandchildren will not still be fighting this war simply because we let reactionaries control the debate [hat tip Junkyard Blog]: A zeal for Allah is rightful only when it is expressed […]

If reports are correct, we must be coming to the point where we tell Iran to halt their nuclear weapons program – or else: The United States, ahead of a key meeting on Iran on Monday, is discussing a 30 to 60-day deadline for Tehran to halt its nuclear program and cooperate with international inspectors […]

** Update at the end ** The purge of partisan leakers who expose national security programs, meant to provide us all protection from terrorists, is going on in earnest it appears, from a Washington Post article: The Bush administration, seeking to limit leaks of classified information, has launched initiatives targeting journalists and their possible government […]

The recent suit being brought by a Saudi group, alleged to have laundered charity money to Al Qaeda, against the NSA for intercepting their calls is going to be an interesting spectacle. I see the potential (all speculation here) for some serious missteps on the part of the NSA bashers. We should assume the lawyers […]

This is the Blogosphere at its best – a heart felt mea culpa on Michael Brown. I take pride in being one of the few bloggers who stayed by Brown and did not succumb to the mob frenzy.  Reading my post from September 27th I realized how angry I was at people for jumping to […]

Everybody ready to have your Arab-fear chain yanked again? Check out this headline and then realize the FACTS! UAE buys British firm that runs U.S. military facilities You think they UAE bought Ft Belvior or something! First off, anyone knee jerk enough to think British firms run military facilities deserves to be tossed out of […]