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Marginalizing Terror:
"Why? Whether it’s al Qaeda Central, or two twisted, perverted, cowardly knock-off jihadists here in Boston. Why do they do what they do?”
VP Biden, speaking at the memorial service for slain MIT police offer Sean Collier - 4/24/2013
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Boston Marathon bombing: terrorism on the cheap, financed by us?
**Phineas I wrote yesterday about questions regarding the Tsarnaev brothers’ financial resources and how they could afford what at first glance appeared to be a comfortable lifestyle and prepare their atrocities without some outside support. Well, it appears they had some help: the taxpayers of Massachusetts. Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded [...]
Breaking: Canadians foil Iranian/al Qaeda New York-Toronto train attack
**Posted by Phineas They love hitting mass transportation. Breaking in The Washington Examiner: Canadian security officials announced today that they thwarted a terrorist attack on a passenger train reportedly traveling from New York City to Toronto, planned by two men allegedly tied to al Qaeda. “I commend our Canadian counterterrorism partners, particularly the Royal Canadian [...]
Honey trap: US missile defense contractor sold secrets to the Chinese for sex
**Posted by Phineas It’s amazing how stupid we get when our hormones and feelings are involved: a 59 years old former Army officer, who now works on missile defense, has thrown his career, his honor, and his life away for a woman half his age… who also happened to be a Chinese spy. “According to [...]
Obama Treasury Dept. to open bank records to US intelligence agencies?
**Posted by Phineas Under things that make me a bit uncomfortable, we find: The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, according to a Treasury Department document seen by Reuters. [...]
@SenRandPaul receives “assurances” on domestic drones in letter from Eric Holder
I love it: Sen. Rand Paul declared victory Thursday after Attorney General Eric Holder assured him that the president cannot use a drone to kill a noncombatant American on U.S. soil — an assurance Paul had sought during his 13-hour filibuster the day before. “Hooray!” Paul responded when the letter was read to him for [...]
So, I get the impression Michael Rubin isn’t too happy with John McCain…
**Posted by Phineas Background: On “Meet the Press,” Senator McCain (R-AZ) said he would no longer hold up the confirmation of former Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, even though he doesn’t believe Hagel is qualified. That lead to Rubin’s rant: What McCain is, in effect, saying is that he has no personal or professional problem [...]
9-11 Truthers Ed Asner, Martin Sheen urge Oscar voters to shun “Zero Dark Thirty”
The NYT’s Carpetbagger blog reports on a growing movement of stuffy, clueless liberal Hollywood elitists who are taking the rare – and controversial – step of urging Oscar voters to not vote for the movie Zero Dark Thirty – which roughly documented how the US eventually found and killed the 9-11 instigator and mastermind Osama [...]
Mexico arrests two in Arizona Border Patrol killing
**Posted by Phineas No word on whether any weapons were recovered or, if there were, if they’ve been tied to Fast and Furious, but it’s nice to see some suspects brought in quickly: Mexican troops have arrested two suspects in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and the wounding of a second officer [...]
New OPSEC ad: “Bumps in the Road?”`
**Posted by Phineas OPSEC comprises a group of former Special Forces and intelligence personnel who have criticized President Obama before for revealing classified information in pursuit of his reelection. They’ve come out with a new ad in the Virginia market smacking the president for his “bumps in the road” description of the deaths of Americans [...]
One Border Patrol agent killed, another wounded in Arizona border shooting
**Posted by Phineas One agent was shot dead, another wounded, and a third escaped unharmed while on horseback patrol in southeast Arizona: Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an area in south Arizona known as a major drug-smuggling corridor, authorities said. The identities of the agents were not immediately [...]
