The FISA wars have become surreal as paranoid and delusional liberals panic about non-existent risks to civil liberties (all surveillance activities are reviewed by many organizations and the courts to ensure there is no abuse). Their made-for-TV juvenile fears of being listened in on have caused them to demand all surveillance, even that surveillance focused […]

I began my engineering career working on Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars system. I probably won’t post much on its latest challenge, taking down one of our errant spy satellites, beyond saying ‘watch and learn’. This nation has awesome capabilities it doesn’t tap because of its respect for humankind and life. Those die hard terrorist states […]

Some interesting articles I ran across for the weekend reading (though I intend to be out and about mostly). Seems General Patraeus is, for once, cautiously upbeat about what we have achieved in Iraq: If you’re looking for one measure of the impact of last year’s troop surge in Iraq, look at Gen. David Petraeus […]