The good news, bad news, and sad news
Jules Crittenden has a lengthy link roundup of good, bad, and sad news in the war on terror.
Al Qaeda regaining strength?
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross at the Counterterrorism Blog examines a NYT article today that reports that American intelligence officials as well as counterterrorism officials believe that Al Qaeda is strengthening. Ross writes:
What would Reagan have done?
Ed Meese, attorney general under Reagan, thinks that President Reagan would have taken the same position as the current administration on the Terrorist Surveillance Program. Meese writes:
The NYT’s cooked up editorial
First the editorial, on the now-debunked but widely talked about news reports from several news outlets about pre-war Iraq intelligence reports that were supposedly ‘cooked up’ to fit the admin’s agenda of ‘forcing a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda’.
Joe Lieberman’s Feb. 5th speech on the Senate floor
Re: The type of message the Senate is sending to our troops – and to the enemy – with their various attempts at ‘non-binding’ resolutions stating opposition to the President’s surge plan and urging withdrawal. Excerpts: