Reference: The Private War of LtCol Tony Shaffer

Shaffer’s book rips the lid off several stories the bureaucrats wanted to suppress: the role of a program named Able Danger in yielding information that could have uncovered the 9/11 plot; Operation Dark Heart, which could have nabbed Al Qaeda’s number two leader; and early indications that Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, …

Journal: Taliban Laughing–the Clowns Dance On…

Taliban commanders in Afghanistan reacted with amusement this weekend to news of an impostor who, by claiming he was a senior Taliban leader, managed to fool NATO officials and get invited to high-level peace talks. “Imagine,” Mohammad Hafiz, a senior Taliban commander, told The Daily Beast, “if a shopkeeper from Quetta can make a fool …

Journal: Death by a Thousand Cuts? Or Deliberate Elite Murder of the USA?

Death by a Thousand Cuts See all those security lines? Just because al Qaeda’s recent attacks haven’t succeeded doesn’t mean the terrorist group’s overall strategy is failing. Foreign Policy BY DAVEED GARTENSTEIN-ROSS | NOVEMBER 23, 2010 “Two Nokia phones, $150 each, two HP printers, $300 each, plus shipping, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses add up …

Worth a Look: Flawed Diplomacy–UN and the War on Terrorism

Product Description There have been numerous attempts to engage the United Nations in a meaningful campaign against state-supported and other terrorist activities. But the inherently political nature of terrorism has made it exceedingly difficult to gain global consensus on who even qualifies as a terrorist, much less agreement on counterterrorism measures to pursue. The rise …

Review: The Jihadis’ Path to Self-Destruction

Nelly Lahoud Superb Content Destroyed by Outrageous Price November 22, 2010 I was about to buy this book for its analytics (the jihaddists are not self-destructing, they are morphing) when I saw the price. This is another example of outrageous pricing that destroys the dissemination possibilities of knowledge. The author would be better off using …