Given how the internet, the mainstream media, and indeed much of America itself, has absolutely erupted with the news that Osama bin Laden has been killed, chances are you’ve probably heard the news before reaching this post. Perhaps you watched President Obama’s speech live on Sunday night, just as I did. In any case, President…
On Sunday afternoon, another government official quietly, regretfully handed in a letter of resignation to his boss. That’s not very big news in itself; after all, stories pop up every now and then of a minor official stepping down because of some embarrassment, slip up, or something else that causes pressure to quit to come…
Ever since May 2010, Private First Class Bradley Manning has been held in custody at the Marine Corps brig at Quantico, Virginia. Manning, of course, is the one accused of leaking the “Collateral Murder” video, as well as the Afghanistan and Iraq War Logs to Wikileaks, and the State Department cables. So far, however, Manning…
Well, that was interesting. While I was flying home for the holidays today, the Senate decided to actually get stuff done and, you know, be productive. When you think about peace on Earth, “good will toward men”, and so on this holiday season, you just gained another reason to believe in the possibility of those…
When will it end? The Transportation Security Administration, the organization that mans the airport security checkpoints, appears to be just throwing new regulations and procedures at us, the American public, with the usual national security excuse. Seriously, the conduct that the TSA now considers Standard Operating Procedure is so offensive, it was difficult to think…
If Afghanistan is our generation’s Vietnam, this is our generation’s Pentagon Papers; oh wait, just about every political observer out there has called it that already. Anyway, if you haven’t heard about it yet, the website Wikileaks.org is causing quite a stir in government circles this summer. Most notably, the organization became notorious due to…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well everyone, hopefully I’ll be able to get back to a normal posting frequency next week. It’s been a rough month, but I’ve just about finished running the gauntlet and things should be calming down to where I can actually write again. Thank you everyone who kept reading random stories throughout this…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=7784068" src="1/b/a/9/Chairman_Mullen_testifies_3366.JPG?adImageId=9877254&imageId=7784068" width="380" height="578" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well, the politics of national security just got a heck of a lot more interesting than they normally are. As you may recall, one of President Obama’s campaign promises was to get rid of the military’s policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the policy…
[tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] Well, this is a dangerous ruling. Today, The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Presidential power to detain terrorists goes beyond even the Geneva Convention and other “rules of war”, according to the New York Times. This is especially interesting in that it was just about a unanimous…
[picapp align="center" wrap="false" link="term=News&iid=7460233" src="5/3/a/8/Passengers_travel_through_c881.JPG?adImageId=8827830&imageId=7460233" width="380" height="271" /] [tweetmeme source="bassitone" only_single=false] After the Christmas Day attempted attack and the failure that occurred at Newark Airport on Sunday night, we all knew they were coming: even more new security measures. After these incidents, it is clear that we do need the overhaul, but how effective will…
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