Marcus Aurelius: US Navy Hypes Water Drone Threat

‘Stunning’ Increase In Espionage Attacks The Situation Room (CNN), 5:00 PM WOLF BLITZER: It’s some of the U.S. military’s most critical classified technology, underwater drones. But according to a new Pentagon report, it’s under constant attack by foreign spies. Our Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr is over at the Pentagon. She’s got the details. Barbara, a …

Cynthia McKinney: Fourth of Four Installments on Libya

Fourth of Four Installments on Libya Once again, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya peels away the veneer of legitimacy and deception enveloping the U.S./NATO genocide currently taking place in Libya. In his first article, Nazemroaya makes it clear that there never was any evidence given to the United Nations or the International Criminal Court to warrant or …

Koko: Teacher Burns Herself to Death in Playground

Koko Signs:  Koko sad. Governments fiddle, people burn. Teacher dies in France after setting herself on fire An apparently depressed maths teacher in southern France has died after setting herself on fire in the playground of her secondary school. Students and teachers rushed to help the woman, 44, after she doused herself with petrol during …

Chuck Spinney: Criteria for a Sensible Grand Strategy

Criteria of a Sensible Grand Strategy Chuck Spinney (updated 11 Aug 2011) The Bush administration’s theory and practice of grand strategy could be summarized in the sound byte, “You are either with us or you are with the terrorists.” President Obama may have softened the rhetoric but his escalation of the targeted killing strategy by …

Berto Jongman: ICSR Report – As American As Apple Pie – How Anwar al-Awlaki Became the Face of Western Jihad + US Government Assassination RECAP

From the Introduction: This is an ICSR Insight written by Research Fellow, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens On the ten year anniversary of 9/11 earlier this month ICSR published an authoritative report on Anwar al-Awlaki, As American as Apple Pie: How Anwar al-Awlaki became the Face of Western Jihad. The demise of Anwar al-Awlaki, if reports of his …