Comments on: State Secrets Bill Passes House Judiciary, 18-12

By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:28:28 +0000

OT/Ft. Hood — NYT sez:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier became aware of Internet postings by a man calling himself Nidal Hasan, a law enforcement official said. The postings discussed suicide bombings favorably, but the investigators were not clear whether the writer was Major Hasan.

In one posting on the Web site Scribd, a man named Nidal Hasan compared the heroism of a soldier who throws himself on a grenade to protect fellow soldiers to suicide bombers who sacrifice themselves to protect Muslims.

“If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory,” the man wrote. It could not be confirmed, however, that the writer was Major Hasan.

Not that they’re monitoring absolutely everything that happens online and keepin’ it all in the icebox for moments such as this, or nuthin’…

By: fatster

fatster — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:02:32 +0000

Ah, and we were totally unprepared for this. Cheney's Task Force and maps didn't even give us a clue. Here, here, and here (Jason!). Just google for lots more.

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:28:41 +0000

Is this of a piece with Cheney’s still-secret meeting(s) with energy companies BEFORE the war, at the beginning of the Bush (mal-)Administration?

Bob in AZ

By: Leen

Leen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:23:54 +0000

Amy Goodman /Scott Horton
interviews Judge Armando Spataro on conviction of 23
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/5/italian_prosecutor_in_case_against_cia

By: Leen

Leen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:21:35 +0000

psychiatrist at Walter Reed for six years

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:15:20 +0000

Ft. Hood presser up. Finally. Only 1 hour 45 minutes later.

Shooter is not dead. In custody, stable condition.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:10:30 +0000

Heh. Quite the memory.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:09:59 +0000

Rereading Ghost Wars but Steve Coll. Interesting description of Clinton’s foreign policy, i.e., there wasn’t one except for promotion of U.S. business overseas. (Remember: It’s the Economy, Stupid?) Thus, the only hint of an Afghan policy Clinton has was buying Stingers back, and the Unocal pipeline.

W not so much different, and I suspect so is Obama.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:03:41 +0000

Well, if it were the executive branch, reigning would be appropriate.

By: valletta

valletta — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:02:03 +0000

Well, maybe we’re all thinking back to that most famous of scribbles from Dubya to Condi after hearing about some victory or other in Iraq: “Let freedom REIGN!”, in black Sharpie.
We’ve been infected.