Karzai, Taliban Begin Angling for Afghanistan Dominance, Confirming Failure of US Mission
The Ides of March has not been kind to the US mission in Afghanistan. Despite Barack Obama and David Cameron putting their best spin on the situation yesterday and claiming that NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan will not be accelerated by the…
The Full Text of the Schuelke Report on DOJ Misconduct
Earlier this morning, we posted A Primer On Why Schuelke Report Of DOJ Misconduct Is Important that laid out all the legal and procedural background underlying the Schuelke Report into prosecutorial misconduct in the Ted Stevens criminal case.
The…
A Primer On Why Schuelke Report Of DOJ Misconduct Is Important
Yesterday morning, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals entered its per curiam order denying a DOJ prosecutor's motion for stay of the release of the Schuelke Report on prosecutorial misconduct in the Ted Stevens criminal case. As a result,…
While Celebrating "Special Relationship," Cameron's Government Pushes for Secret Law
David Cameron is in town.
Which means, amid much pomp and circumstance (and jokes about the Brits burning DC in 1812), the leader of Britain and the leader of the US will reaffirm the "special relationship."
Meanwhile, across the pond,…
Albright Rushes to CNN With New Satellite Imagery Claims on Parchin After Debunking
Yesterday, in a post titled Rumored Satellite Imagery of Parchin “Clean-Up” Fails to Materialize, Claim Debunked, I pointed out both Gareth Porter's debunking of the "Parchin is being cleaned up" claim and added further evidence against…
BAE F-35 Hack Confirmed
I've long complained that the government's obsession with WikiLeaks is badly misplaced. After all, DOD and some of its contractors simply can't keep their networks secure from Chinese hackers. So if our chief rival can take what it wants, why…
As Government Releases Evidence of Systemic Mortgage Fraud, FBI Focuses on Distressed Homeowner Fraud
The Administration finally released the HUD Inspector General Reports that consist of the only investigation of foreclosure fraud conducted as part of the foreclosure settlement.
I'll probably have more to say about the reports tomorrow.…
DOD Preparing to Admit Afghan Massacre Soldier Was Drunk
DOD appears to be preparing to admit one of two critical details Afghan witnesses to this weekend's massacre have maintained from the start: that the shooter(s) was drunk (villager witnesses also said more than one soldier was involved). At…
What Is Government Covering Up with the Imprisonment of Yemeni Journalist?
Jeremy Scahill has a disturbing story of how President Obama intervened to make sure Yemen kept journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye imprisoned even after domestic pressure convinced then President Ali Abdullah Saleh to release him. [Note, I've…
Poll: Do Men Realize Birth Control Is Rarely Just for "Female Employees"?
Greg Sargent tweeted the results of this CBS/NYT poll, showing that 37% of those polled believe the whole birth control debate is about religious freedom. While Sargent thinks 37% is a small number, given that it means that maybe a quarter of…
Rumored Satellite Imagery of Parchin "Clean-Up" Fails to Materialize, Claim Debunked
Back on March 7, AP's Vienna correspondent George Jahn wrote that two diplomats, described as "nuclear experts accredited to the International Atomic Energy Agency" informed him that they had seen satellite imagery showing evidence of Iran trying…
Is This What Robert Mueller Meant by Cyber Expertise?
Back on February 3, I noted what I thought was the irony that, four days after FBI Director Robert Mueller bragged about FBI's cybersecurity expertise--including its partnerships with counterparts overseas--Anonymous released an earlier hacked…
Here's Your Dang March on Peyton's Colts Trash Already!!!
The people have issued their demands. And--belatedly--we're responding.
Here's your damned Trash.
I tried to talk bmaz into doing it, but he's so torqued up about the hope of getting Peyton and the belief the Broncos will get him, I don't…
Eric Holder Suggests Scary Iran Plot Was Legal
I'm sure that Eric Holder didn't mean to suggest that the assassination plots purportedly planned by Iran's Quds Force and Manssor Arbabsiar with the assistance of a DEA informant targeting the Saudi Ambassador to the US, Adel al-Jubeir, as…
Ed Rendell Defends Material Support of the "Right" Terrorists
When I first read that Treasury is investigating Ed Rendell for his paid speeches supporting the MEK, I was gratified that the government might finally be showing some balance in its pursuit of terrorists.
Mr. Rendell, who asserts that he has…
Panjwai Rogue Night Raider: Probably Not a Malingerer
In yet another "isolated event" in Afghanistan that is guaranteed to incite a number of other "isolated events", at least one US soldier in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province killed sixteen Afghan civilians early Sunday morning. Most…
The NYPD's Surveillance of Muslims and Occupy Wall Street Converges
I started my morning reading with this AP Q&A on the significance of their series on the NYPD's spying on Muslims. There are several things missing: why does the NYPD profile only businesses they believe to be owned by Muslims, and not the…
They Hate Us for Our Freedoms
Or, more likely, they hate us because stuff like this happens:
About midnight, 11 people, including three women; four children whose ages ranged from 6 to 9; and four men were executed inside the home of a village elder.
“They entered…
Time to Start Profiling All the Dunkin' Donuts
With the exception of the time CBS borrowed my post on the Iranian Jewish butchers profiled by the NYPD, the NY news outlets cheering the NYPD apparently haven't actually looked closely at what the AP was reporting. The NY Post, the NYDN, they…
Leak Prosecutions: Enforcing Secrecy Asymmetry Does Not Equate to Rule of Law
Matt Miller has a piece in the Daily Beast defending the Obama Administration's prosecutions of leakers. Now, as Josh Gerstein notes, Miller makes his work easier by cherry-picking which cases to discuss; he doesn't mention Thomas Drake, who…