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FISA Court Says It Cannot Easily Summarize Opinions
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) told the Senate Intelligence Committee last March that there are “serious obstacles” that would prevent it from preparing summaries of Court opinions for declassification and public disclosure. The Court was responding to a February 13, 2013 letter from Senators Dianne Feinstein, Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden and Mark Udall. They [...]Show More Summary
Edward Snowden, Source of NSA Leaks, Steps Forward
A former CIA employee and NSA contractor named Edward Snowden identified himself as the source of the the serial revelations of classified documents concerning U.S. intelligence surveillance activities that were disclosed last week. “I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong,” he told The Guardian newspaper. [...]Show More Summary
Taliban Mount Complex Attack on Kabul Airport
Seven heavily armed Taliban fighters launched a pre-dawn attack near Afghanistan's main airport Monday, apparently targeting NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb.
You Have No Right To Invade My Home Or Kill My Beasts
From Buffalo, New York: Another raid on the wrong residence; another dead dog. This time, Iraq War veteran Adam Arroyo says he came home on Monday to find his door busted down, and his beloved pup dead from bullet wounds. The Buffalo, NY police did not seem too concerned with cleaning up blood or anything [...]
This Contract Is Not Taking Ammunition Away From Civilians
My last article on ammunition availability erupted in a flurry of controversial comments, and I’m not trying to repeat that here, but I’m glad to report that my local gun shop is now selling 5.56 mm ammunition (PMC) for nearly 50 cents per round, approximately what it was going for prior to the run on [...]
Edward Snowden Is A Hero
Washington Post: A 29-year-old who says he is a former undercover CIA employee said Sunday that he was the principal source of recent disclosures about top-secret National Security Agency programs, exposing himself to possible prosecution in an acknowledgment that had little if any precedent in the long history of U.S. intelligence leaks. Edward Snowden, a [...]
The Littoral Combat Ship: Give it time
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2013) An MH-60R Seahawk assigned to Helicopter
Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 flies in front of the littoral combat
ship USS Freedom (LCS 1). This is the first fleet MH-60R to operate with
a Right Hand Extended...Show More Summary
In Bales and Hasan Cases: What's the Deal?
Although the body counts were similar, the cases are headed down different legal pathways, with the possibility of vastly different outcomes for the defendants.
DoD Releases Doctrine on Mass Atrocity Response Operations
The Department of Defense this week released the 2012 update of its doctrine on “Peace Operations” including new guidance on so-called Mass Atrocity Response Operations that are designed to prevent or halt genocide or other large-scale acts of violence directed at civilian populations. A mass atrocity consists of “widespread and often systematic acts of violence [...]Show More Summary
House Votes to Eliminate Service Camo Patterns
A Congressional committee voted Wednesday to end service-specific camouflage in an amendment that would push the military toward creating joint combat uniforms by 2018.
