Daily Archives: January 4th, 2006 «

 

Pentagon briefing docs on Iraq/AQ connection from 2002

Posted by: ST on January 4, 2006 at 9:24 pm » 2 Comments

Newsweek has posted some select documents used by the Pentagon in a briefing on Iraq/AQ connections back in 2002. You must have Adobe Acrobat installed to view these. I’m sure Stephen F. Hayes would love to get his hands on more documents like this. Hat tip: Powerline Side note: Thomas Joscelyn, who has co-written along [...]

 

NSA initially acted on its own after 9-11

Posted by: ST on January 4, 2006 at 12:35 pm » 45 Comments

Via the NYTimes today, we find out that in the immediate aftermath of 9-11 it was the NSA, not the President, who initiated the stepped up ‘spying’ tactics in an attempt to thwart future attacks: WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 – The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, [...]

 

The miner tragedy – it’s Bush’s fault!

Posted by: ST on January 4, 2006 at 12:07 pm » 9 Comments

Sheesh – that didn’t take long! QandO has the details. Related Toldjah So post: Trapped miners

 

The problems facing Europe

Posted by: ST on January 4, 2006 at 11:20 am » 4 Comments

Spain’s former Prime Minister José María Aznar, who was a staunch ally of the US in the war on terror, has penned an interesting piece regarding the problems he feels Europe is facing – and he slams Europe for their penchant for anti-Americanism (especially over the last five years) here: Another widely held belief, especially [...]