An innocent American woman’s first person account of her prolonged detention and strip-search following a flight from Denver to Detroit on September 11, 2011, based on anonymous “suspicion.” Shoshana Hebshi’s … Continue reading “When the Terrorists Win”
Category: Homeland Security
Unarmed F-16s Aimed to Ram Flight 93 on 9/11
The WP has a story from 9/11 I hadn’t heard. Worth a daily double post. “I’m going to go for the cockpit,” [Col. Marc] Sasseville said. [Lt. Heather Penney] replied … Continue reading “Unarmed F-16s Aimed to Ram Flight 93 on 9/11”
Osama bin Laden is Dead; the War Goes On
As usual the best collection of reactions is at The Dish. Also, Foreign Policy. B
Terror Trial a Capitulation?
Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick pulls no punches. What do you think? B
Last Word on Defense Spending Cuts
In which we learn that the proposed spending cut of $78 billion over 5 years I wrote about here is yet another “reduction in the amount of the increase.” This … Continue reading “Last Word on Defense Spending Cuts”
Mil to cut $15.6B yearly? Plus, the Edited Constitution
In the light of what I discussed yesterday, $15.6 billion per year isn’t a realistic number – but the Military has proposed just this in cutting its own budget over … Continue reading “Mil to cut $15.6B yearly? Plus, the Edited Constitution”
Reduce Defense by $1T Over 10 Years; Plus: Child Helmets?
If you want to be taken seriously on the topic of deficit reduction, you’re going to have to include a plan to reduce defense spending. Not “reduce the amount of … Continue reading “Reduce Defense by $1T Over 10 Years; Plus: Child Helmets?”
Our Liberty vs. Our Security: Anwar al-Awlaki
Glenn Greenwald reports on the U.S. Government’s continuing efforts to find and kill, without any “due process,” trial, or the like, a non-combatant U.S. Citizen living abroad. I recommend this … Continue reading “Our Liberty vs. Our Security: Anwar al-Awlaki”
EEStor & the Main Core: Legal and Technological Notes
I reported on the development of EEStor ultra-capacitors back in Sept. ’07. Anticipation is lately coming to a boil, and press releases are flying. Production (rather than prototype) models of … Continue reading “EEStor & the Main Core: Legal and Technological Notes”
Large Hadron Collider: United States Answers Lawsuit
I wrote earlier about the Large Hadron Collider particle physics funpark in (under) France, and the lawsuit filed in Hawaii by two scientists with concerns that turning the LHC on could Destroy … Continue reading “Large Hadron Collider: United States Answers Lawsuit”