I assure you, the far-right conspiracy fetishists won’t acknowledge this. And if they do...
Category - Terrorism
Blaming Eric Holder for Rand Paul’s Words
As you might recall, I flipped out on Greenwald and law professor Ryan Goodman for attacking Eric...
Shocker! The TSA is Mostly Superficial and Ineffectual
This editorial from a Newark, NJ TSA official comes as no surprise: A LOT of what we do is make...
I Don’t Understand the TSA
This came down yesterday from the TSA: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will let...
Super Stupid
Fox News doof, Lisa Daftari, thinks Al Jazeera America will activate sleeper cells. DAFTARI:...
Ted Nugent Accuses Liberals of Hypocrisy on Drones
Nugent in his new Wingnut Daily column: Imagine for a moment if the tables were turned and a...
Dick Cheney Is Not Impressed
In a speech to the Wyoming GOP on Saturday, former Vice President Dick Cheney voiced some ominous...
U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants in World War II
This popped up in my Twitter feed via Driftglass: There were some US citizens who were members of...
Naked Body Scanners to Be ‘Redeployed’
Well, dammit, I thought these things were gone for good. Out of airports, yes, but distributed to...
A Gun Rally Is Not A Peaceful Rally
Thousands of gun owners rallied around the country yesterday in armed solidarity against President...
Mass Shootings Mean Good Times For Firearms Industry
There have been 31 school shootings in the US since Columbine in 1999. After the shootings at...
The Benghazi Economy
They couldn't believe their luck. It was the break they had been cultivating for nearly four years...
New York Times Reports More Bush 9/11 Negligence
This is only the tip of the iceberg. From a NYT exclusive: The direct warnings to Mr. Bush about...
Explosive Liquids at Airports
I'm flying today, so this piece about confiscated liquids at airport security gates caught my...
Obama Is Totally Going to Kill Sirota
Fact: civilian casualties in war are evil, wrong, bad. But they're sometimes an unintended reality...
Just Reminder
David Axelrod reminded us of this quote from the Bush-appointed former Secretary of Defense Bob...
And Here's a Less Important Debate…
For what it's worth, @ExtremeLiberal assembled the transcript of my brief Twitter debate with...
New Procedures Close Door on Military Detention
The Obama Administration issued new procedures yesterday regarding military detention under the...
Closure on a Right-Wing Terrorist Plot
This story barely registered in the news, and somehow I don't imagine the news media was all over...
The NDAA Will Have a Signing Statement
There's no indication of content, but it might clarify how the administration interprets the law...