Following the decision not to prosecute the GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun, the suspicion is that the government will do anything to keep secret the advice submitted to it by the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, on the legality of the Iraq war. There is a very...
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In one of his speeches Prime Minister Tony Blair made the statement that he had every confidence in British Intelligence regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction. As highly regarded as it is, British Intelligence is certainly not infallible. Whether by mistake or...
No sooner had Arnold Schwarzenegger been elected Governor of California, than he immediately started agitating on behalf of a constitutional amendment allowing a foreign-born citizen to hold the highest office in the land. Not that he's ambitious, or anything…....
Dead in the Water Many thanks to Mike Ewens for his review of "Dead in the Water" and for his support for the Liberty survivors! I just found the web page (courtesy of searcher WebFerret) and was surprised that I hadn't seen it before! A new book, Operation...
This week, Nepal's Maoist rebels announced plans to raise a militia of 50,000 children by April, amid reports of mass abduction, even sexual abuse of kids, who they allegedly use as cannon fodder. On February 22, the leader of the Maoists student wing, Kamal Shahi,...
Aerial spraying of Colombia's coca crops should be halted because of its harmful impact on local farmers and the environment, and because it is not heaving any impact on the availability of cocaine in the United States, three NGOs argue on the eve of the State...
It was a quite a show at the Senate Intelligence Committee's worldwide threat assessment briefing on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Committee Chairman Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., outdid himself as damage control officer for fallout from failed intelligence. Sen. Roberts captured the...
Groups that have fought for the elimination of anti-personnel landmines worldwide lashed out Friday at the U.S. decision to not sign the global Landmine Ban Treaty. They warned that Washington's snub could embolden nations already employing or considering use of the...
It's ironic that the Mainland demands only patriots may rule in Hong Kong and Taiwan – patriots meaning real Chinese and not bastardized versions corrupted by Western interference; Chinese who support the Party. 5000 years of culture is a term used often here to...
