Suddenly, the Bush-Cheney “assassination ring” is not so bad.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Andrew C. McCarthy: Kill or Capture? – National Review Online
February 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A few years ago, I got into an argument with an expert on military operations. I had written a white paper proposing the creation of a national-security court for terrorism cases. In the paper I criticized the trend to “judicialize” warfare, arguing that, in our system, judgments about the detention and treatment of alien enemy [...]
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 [...]
Breaking the Taliban
February 17, 2010 By 8 Comments
The capture of a top Taliban commander may mark a crucial turning point in the Afghan war.
Jamie Glazov: “Thank You, Glenn Beck, for Exposing Communism’s Evil”
February 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Frontpagemag.com editor and Cold War specialist Dr. Jamie Glazov has written a fascinating article about his family’s history, the Soviet Union, Western leftists and their alliance with dictators and terrorists, and, finally, Fox News host Glenn Beck. Please take the time to read it.
Jamie was born in the Soviet Union. His grandfathers, both dissidents, were [...]
Andrew C. McCarthy: Holder on Holder – National Review Online
February 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Attorney General Eric Holder has responded to criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, with an “all’s well that ends well” letter to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. Holder’s missive vigorously defends what he says was his decision to treat Abdulmutallab as a criminal defendant, to impose peacetime law-enforcement [...]
Defending the Indefensible
February 4, 2010 By 28 Comments
Treating the Christmas bomber like a common criminal was a national security blunder.
Airline Terror Suspect Provides Key Intelligence – FOXNews.com
February 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON — The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas has been cooperating with investigators since last week and has provided fresh intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, officials said Tuesday.Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s cooperation could prove to be a national security victory [...]
