|
A Pandora’s box has already been opened.8:47 AM, Jul 26, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD
Is the leak of 92,000 classified documents pertaining to the war in Afghanistan now published by WikiLeaks and reprinted by the New York Times and some European publications a catastrophe? An affirmative answer is certainly suggested by a White House statement that says the document dump “could put the lives of Americans and our partners at risk, and threaten our national security.”
Read more... On North Korea, Barack Obama’s don’t.
10:15 AM, Jun 28, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD
Commenting on North Korea’s attack and sinking of the Cheonan with 46 South Korean sailors killed, President Obama said this past weekend at the G-20 summit in Toronto that “our main focus right now is in the U.N. Security Council making sure that there is a crystal-clear acknowledgement that North Korea engaged in belligerent behavior that is unacceptable to the international community.”
Read more... Cyber warfare is already upon us.8:45 AM, Jun 18, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD
“Nuclear deterrence during the Cold War contemplated an automated response to attack by the Soviet Union, and similar automated responses to cyber attack are now being debated. Computer network attacks happen at the speed of light, so future threats require an equally rapid and perhaps automatic response,” writes Mark D. Young in the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
Read more... Who will be the next attorney general?8:00 AM, Jun 14, 2010 • By GABRIEL SCHOENFELD
Eric Holder has been a disastrous attorney general. “Classic 101 Boobery” was how one Democratic operative memorably called his decision, now on hold, to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court in lower Manhattan.
Read more... Jun 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38 • By PHILIP TERZIAN
W hen I returned to Washington in 1992 after a 13-year absence, I was frequently asked what changes I observed. Of course, the obvious answer was volume: Big buildings had appeared where humble shops once stood, and automobile traffic seemed considerably more congested. Crosstown excursions that had once taken 15 minutes now seemed to require three-quarters of an hour.
Read more... A ParodyApr 5, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 28 • By Paranoia
Read more...
|
|