terrorism

There are far more deadly things in the world than the Internet. We must ban them first.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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The new FISA law is supposed to help protect us from terrorism by addressing "weaknesses" in the original law. But is the law really in need of fixing, or does the new law have a more sinister, hidden purpose for the Bush administration?

In which we begin an assessment of the problem of Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons

I've taken a break from reading The One Percent Doctrine to relate an anecdote.

One of the lessons future administrations were supposed to have learned from LBJ and McNamaras' micromanaging of the Vietnam war was the delegation of such decisions to proper military authorities. It seems no one told George W. Bush.

On CNN.com this morning, the story "Germany: Massive Terror Attacks Foiled" briefly held the main headline spot. Much to my dismay, this attention-getting spot was quickly taken over by "'She-Male' leads prisoners in dance."

Yes, yes, no front-paging of Presidential politics. But, I think you will find that this is different.

In the summer of 2001, when much of the Republican and Democratic policy community was obsessed with missile defense, Edwards urged more attention to terrorism. The North Carolina senator had such limited luck pitching an OpEd article on terrorism to major newspapers that the piece, warning of poor cooperation among federal and local law enforcement, ended up in the weekly Littleton Observer, circulation 2,230 -- four weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane & My Left Wing


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Crossposted from Town Called Dobson & My Left Wing


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Canada will not renew anti-terror legislation that stemmed from the hysteria following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US. The vote came after the Canadian Supreme Court struck down one of the provisions, said BBC News:

"On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that a system allowing the government to indefinitely detain foreign-born terror suspects or deport them violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."

Apparently, Canadians feel a lot safer and calmer now. There have been no attacks on Canada. Why was the US targeted, any way? Why do the terrorists hate us, and not Canada?

This week, Amy Goodman interviewed former CIA consultant, Chalmers Johnson, on Democracy Now!. You can hear/watch/read this eye-opener HERE. Johnson is the author of the Blowback trilogy, and he talked with Goodman about his latest in the series, Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic. Among his not unexpected, but nonetheless startling to hear confirmed, revelations:

Every president, when he takes office, is told about his secret, private army, the CIA, which he can use for assassinations, destabilization of foreign economies and governments, or for any purpose he chooses, with impunity, even if those actions are illegal. Since the agency was formed in 1947, no president has declined to use the CIA for clandestine warfare. These operations are kept secret from the American people. When there is retaliation ("blowback") for these covert operations, the American people don't see the connection.