Posted in #100days, 100 days, Aidid, Black Hawk Down, Bowden, Cheney, Darfuri, FGM, Khat, Obama administration, Save Darfur, The Mog, UBL, budget, clandestine, crime against humanity, cutting, darfur, female genital mutilation, funding, genocide, george w bush, human rights, interrogation, intervention, kenya, malaria, mogadishu, pepfar, rape, rwanda, special forces, starvation, tagged 2008, barack, bush, Cantor, conservative, democrat, genocide, GOP, House GOP, media lizzy, obama, politics, president, primary, terror, troops, Veep, war, White House on April 29, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I spent much of this week reading through hundreds of pages of information. Some were resources provided to me by a former, and very senior, CIA official that gave me some profound insight to the realities decision-makers faced in the wake of 9/11.
Then I perused my old Woodward books that centered on the Bush presidency. I re-read Doug Feith’s diatribe, er… [...]
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Posted in 19542644, cia, clandestine, enhanced interrogations, founding fathers, governing documents, human rights, special forces, torture, transnationalist, treaty, un, waterboarding, tagged barack, bush, conservative, democrat, iraq, obama, president, republican, terror, troops, war, White House on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So… let’s get caught up in the “Transnationalist” movement for just a few minutes… During the Bush 41 Administration (1989-1993) the US Senate ratified the UN Convention Against Torture. So… let’s assume as “enemy combatants” that terrorists like Abu Zubaydah or Khalid Sheikh Mohammed are not subject to the Geneva Convention (since they were not [...]
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Posted in HVT, Obama administration, Porter Goss, Tenet, cia, clandestine, hayden, high value detainee, joint operations, special forces, terrorism, terrorist, tagged barack, bush, clinton, conservative, democrat, DNC, GOP, House GOP, obama, pelosi, politics, president, republican, terror, troops, war, White House on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Later today, I will interview former DoD official Bryan Del Monte about his role in crafting Detainee policy — and we will wade into the debate about interrogations, torture, and the ugly underbelly of keeping America safe. While preparing for this show, I have read the recently released “terror memos.” Which begged the question, what [...]
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Posted in England, France, Great Britain, UK, ahmadinejead, chavez, clandestine, imadinnerjacket, imadinnerjaket, intelligence, iran, israel, military, special forces, terrorism, tagged 2008, barack, bush, democrat, GOP, iraq, obama, terror, troops, Veep, war on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
National Security is the singular issue where I just climb a tree. I admit it. I’m not a neocon. I’m not a “national security” mom. I am definitely not a dove. Nor am I a hawk, or any other damn bird. What I am: a supporter of the experts in our Clandestine service, our special [...]
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Posted in Abu Ayyoub al-Masri, Abu Tariq, MNF, Read Adm. Gregory Smith, Samarra, abu maysara, afghanistan, al qaeda, al-Qa'ida, anbar province, army, iraq, jihad, marines, middle east, militant islam, multi-national forces, predator, president bush, special forces, sunni, terror, terrorism, terrorist, uav on February 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Per my friends at the MNF & WH:
Al Qaeda Leader’s Diary Reveals Organization’s Decline
Document Entry: “The Renegades And Americans Started Launching Their Attacks To Destroy Us. We Lost Cities, And Afterwards Villages, And The Desert Became A Dangerous Refuge”
Diary Entry: “The Al Qaeda Emir Claimed That He Once Commanded Almost 600 Fighters, [...]
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Posted in New York Times, bush, cia, hayden, intelligence, joe wilson, military, plame, special forces, torture on December 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Unless you have been living on Mars, you know the name “Valerie Plame.” The wanna-be “who’s who” chick married to former Ambassador Joe Wilson – the guy who desperately clung to his Plum Book appointment… then bashed Cheney upon his return from a junket his wife had recommended him for.
Forget, for just a moment, [...]
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Posted in Cheney, DC, afghanistan, attack, bomb, dick cheney, extremist, media lizzy, special forces, terrorism, vice president on February 27, 2007 | 10 Comments »
UPDATED:
Yowsa, folks! I said a few nice things about Vice President Dick Cheney and BAM! came the attacks… How fun!!! First… please read coverage of the attempt on the Vice President life at SLATE MAGAZINE and read the transcript from his interview on board Air Force 2 en route from Afghanistan to Muscat, Oman. [...]
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Posted in America, Cheney, Condi, bush, clinton iraq, congress, democrat, dick cheney, freedom, intelligence, media lizzy, republican, special forces, terrorism, troops, vice president, war on February 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
So… Vice President Dick Cheney is back in the news. Ahhh, how the fires in Temple Vesta burn a little brighter when he is on the stage. Is it that gravelly, baritone voice? The slightly crooked, snarl of a smile? Or is it that he’s a brilliant man – love [...]
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Posted in 2006, Rice, bush, democrats, intelligence, iraq, news, pelosi, saddam, speaker, special forces on January 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Greetings! Below are lots of interesting articles that are on my desk for consumption. History is being made on the Left and the Right… Welcome to 2007!!!!
Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the gavel today as the 110th Congress was sworn in. The stagecraft was impeccable, the moment unprecedented and it was very cool. As the votes [...]
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Posted in 2006, Condi, democrats, dick cheney, gerald ford, hussein, intelligence, iraq, pelosi, protocol, republican, special forces on December 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
In a tribute to my first Sunday morning addiction, PBS’ McLaughlin Group, a habit I kicked years ago, in favor of drinking my coffee while enjoying Tim Russert, Chris Wallace and George Stephanopolous… along with a half hour of love with Chris Matthews. As a true political observer, hack and addict, I decided what better [...]
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