Marcus Aurelius: Obama and Kerry on Syria — Who Is Stabbing Who in the Back?

Dividing line Obama And Kerry Fail To Mask Foreign Policy Strains The two politicians appear to have different views over how Washington should exercise its influence across the globe, writes Geoff Dyer Financial Times, June 22, 2013, Pg. 4 When Barack Obama asked John Kerry to be his second-term secretary of state, the president appeared …

Berto Jongman: Who Murdered Michael Hastings? Why? How?

None of this can be validated. Email Sent by Michael Hastings Hours Before His Death Mentions ‘Big Story’ and a Need to ‘Go Off the Radar’ (The Blaze) Is Journalist Michael Hastings a Victim of Obama’s Assassination Policy? (InfoWars) Michael Hastings researching Jill Kelley case before death (LA Times) Michael Hastings, the FBI, and WikiLeaks: …

Neal Rauhauser: Transcript of Meeting Between Julian Assange and Eric Schmidt with Department of State Staff

All sort of stuff popping up today.  Worth a complete and careful reading. Transcript of secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt Friday April 19, 2013 On the 23 of June, 2011 a secret five hour meeting took place between WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who was under house arrest in rural UK …

Marcus Aurelius: Reuel Marc-Gerecht on NSA High Cost – Low Return — Robert Steele Comments

The Costs And Benefits Of The NSA The data-collection debate we need to have is not about civil liberties. By Reuel Marc Gerecht Weekly Standard, June 24, 2013 Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal …