Category: counterterrorism
By NancyA on Aug 1, 2008 in Barack Obama, Commander in Chief, Intelligence, Obama, POTUS Eligibility, Presidential Candidates, Steve Clemons, Terrorism, Tim Russert, counterterrorism | 49 Comments
Major Eric Egland, a major in the United States Air Force, former lead intelligence specialist in Iraq focusing on terrorist networks and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in Allies Obama Overlooked, once again reminds us of Obama’s uninspiring inexperience. He even says that Obama wouldn’t have overlooked our allies if he had held just one meeting, […]
By Charles Lemos on Jun 24, 2008 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Commander in Chief, DNC, Delegates, Florida, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, Israel, John McCain, Just Say No Deal, JustSayNoDeal.Com, Keith Olbermann, Michelle Obama, Michigan, Misogyny, Obamedia, PUMA, Qualifications, Sexism, counterterrorism | 294 Comments
Rebecca Traister this week writing in Salon thinks she knows how 18 million people think:
The attack of the PUMAs, or a dozen reasons why Clinton voters are still too angry to come home.
If you’re a dedicated Democrat — or perhaps even one of those fed-up Republicans we’ve heard about — there’s a good […]
By Bud White on May 24, 2008 in Al Qaeda, Anti-Semitism, Barack Obama, Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Israel, John F. Kennedy, Terrorism, counterterrorism | 115 Comments
The post below was written by Mary Jo Kopechne, PhD, with assistance from Bud White:
Upon being discharged from the Navy, John F. Kennedy worked briefly for the Hearst newspapers covering the newly formed United Nations. He wrote to a friend from San Francisco:
When I think of all those gallant acts that I have seen…it would […]
By Frank Naif on Mar 24, 2008 in Current Affairs, Frank Naif, Intelligence, Nat'l Security Drone, counterterrorism | 6 Comments
Hello No Quarter Readers–
Here’s expressing my deepest gratitude for your Larry’s and your support for National Security Drone. I have striven to produce the strip once a week or so, but now I must move over to a monthly production schedule.
I have a great excuse: two book projects! I am in the process of […]
By Ray McGovern on Feb 6, 2008 in Bush/Cheney, CIA, Current Affairs, Gonzales, Hillary Clinton, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Torture, counterterrorism | 33 Comments
February 6, 2008
Powell’s UN Fiasco: Fresh and Festering
By Ray McGovern
Yesterday was a difficult day for Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. It was hard to celebrate the fifth anniversary of our first corporate memorandum, a same-day critique of Colin Powell’s Feb. 5, 2002 UN address, when we could not escape the reality that this speech greased […]
By SusanUnPC on Dec 29, 2007 in Afghanistan, Bush/Cheney, Clinton, Current Affairs, Obama, Pakistan, counterterrorism | 40 Comments
I keep thinking about those early December CBS Evening News candidate interviews I mentioned. Each was asked which country scares them the most. Sen. Clinton correctly responded, “Pakistan” (CBS video). Sen. Obama said “Iran,” (CBS video).
It hit me that Obama has drunk the Bush/Cheney/Neo-con “Kool-Aid” exaggerating the threat of Iran — like he […]
By SusanUnPC on Dec 28, 2007 in Clinton, Current Affairs, Nuclear weapons, Obama, Pakistan, counterterrorism | 104 Comments
“This is a time for leadership, not politics. Senator Obama’s campaign seems to believe that Senator Clinton’s actions led to the tragic events in Pakistan. This is an incredible and insulting charge. It politicizes a tragic event of enormous strategic consequence to the United States and the world, and it has no place in this […]
