NewsRealBlog decided to ask a few experts their opinion on the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George W. Bush, a former CIA operative, a former CIA analyst, and a former global strategist for the US Army were interviewed. They want to [...]
Hayden: The CIA is NOT the Enemy Part III
March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
General Michael Vincent Hayden served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from May, 2006 until February, 2009. He is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and a former Director of the National Security Agency. Currently, Hayden is a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security consultancy, co-founded by former Homeland Security Secretary [...]
NRB Interview: Michael Hayden and the War on Terror, Part 1
March 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
General Michael Vincent Hayden served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from May, 2006 until February, 2009. He is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and a former Director of the National Security Agency. Currently, Hayden is a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security consultancy, co-founded by former Homeland [...]
Ex-CIA Case Officer Exposes CIA’s Epic Fail on Colbert Report; Patrick Kennedy’s Rant an Easy Target on the Daily Show
March 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Stephen Colbert had an interview with former CIA case officer Robert Baer on his program tonight, discussing the December 30 suicide bombing in Afghanistan by a Jordanian double-agent for Al-Qaeda. He was discussing his piece (click here) in GQ Magazine, essential reading for all metrosexuals, about how the attack could have been prevented.
Baer pointed out [...]
NewsReal Blog Interview with John Yoo, Part 1: Harsh Interrogations were Justified
March 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
John Yoo is currently a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley. From 2001 to 2003 he was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Council at the U.S. Department of Justice. It was during this time that he co-authored the Bybee memo defining torture and American Habeas [...]
Book review: Why Intelligence Fails – WSJ.com
February 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
When we hear the sound of hoofbeats, should we think horses or zebras? The question is a classic problem of intelligence analysis. Too often in recent years the CIA, FBI and Department of Homeland Security have got it wrong—most recently with the Christmas Day underwear bomber, who was able to board a U.S.-bound flight despite [...]
Andy McCarthy: While You Are Distracted by the Summit, Obama Democrats Are Targeting the CIA – National Review Online
February 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Obama Democrats have outdone themselves. While the country and the Congress have their eyes on today’s dog-and-pony show on socialized medicine, House Democrats last night stashed a new provision in the intelligence bill which is to be voted on today. It is an attack on the CIA: the enactment of a criminal statute that [...]
LA Times Reporter Chu helps Binyam Mohamed Sing the Blues
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The British are singing the chorus to Binyam Mohamed’s version of “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me.” Remember how British intelligence informed the Americans about Saddam Hussein stockpiling WMD’s? Once again the British got it wrong. The mainstream American press went along for the ride with the CIA as the scapegoat.
Recently, the British appellate court made public [...]
Another “Torture” Non-Scandal
February 11, 2010 By 19 Comments
Al-Qaeda terrorist Binyam Mohamed walks free while his U.S. interrogators are condemned.
Andy McCarthy: Binyam Mohammed: Is That All There Is? – National Review Online
February 10, 2010 By 2 Comments
Binyam Mohammed is an al Qaeda terrorist who planned, with his would-be partner Jose Padilla the “Dirty Bomber” to carry out mass-murder attacks in U.S. cities as part of a 9/11 “second wave.” More here. Unlike Padilla, who was prosecuted on tangentially related terrorism charges and is now serving a lengthy albeit not lengthy enough [...]
