Tag Archives: national security

The manufactured Republican outrage over the attack of our consulate in Benghazi is not only disingenuous but morally reprehensible

By Mark | November 16, 2012

As I mentioned yesterday, the Republicans, in the wake of last week’s crushing defeat at the polls, are desperately looking for something to cling to. They’re looking for an opportunity to delay introspection, come across to the American people once again as forceful, and, most importantly, weaken the President as he attempts to make the [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, American embassies, Barbara Doherty, Benghazi, Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Glen Doherty, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Innocence of Muslims, John McCain, Libya, Soledad O'Brien, Susan Rice, terrorism | 35 Comments

Here we go again… the Swiftboating of Obama has begun

By Mark | August 15, 2012

A few nights ago, I told you about a family member of mine who had shared a purposefully misleading political graphic on Facebook, and how I responded. The piece, which incorrectly attributed $5 billion of the nation’s debt to the “Democratic majority,” was produced by an organization called Right Change, a fake grassroots entity bankrolled [...]

Posted in Media, Observations, Politics | Also tagged 9/11, astroturf, Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US, Bush, Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Dishonorable Disclosures, Federal Election Commission, Fred Eshelman, George Bush the Lesser, intelligence, Iraq war, leaks, liberal media, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Mission Accomplished, Navy SEALS, Obama, OPSEC, Osama bin Laden, Plamegate, political ads, RightChange.com, Romney, Ryan Zinke, special forces, Special Operations for America, Special Operations Political Committee, state secrets, Super PAC, Swiftboating, Valerie Plame | 22 Comments

Is the age of privacy truly dead?

By Mark | April 7, 2010

My friend Naia just sent me a link to this new article on privacy by cryptographer and computer security guru Bruce Schneier, and I thought that I should pass it on. Here’s a clip: In January, Facebook Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, declared the age of privacy to be over. A month earlier, Google Chief Eric [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime | Also tagged Bruce Schneier, Bruce Willis, Eric Schmidt, Facebook, Google, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Moscow, permission, privacy, Scott McNealy, security, security threats, social networking, suicide bombings, surveillance, surveillance culture, terrorism | 4 Comments

Just how much power does Israel have over us anyway?

By Mark | March 12, 2009

I don’t know if you’ve been following along, but it looks as though lobbyists working on behalf of Israel were successful in killing the appointment of Ambassador Charles W. Freeman Jr. as Chair of the National Intelligence Council. Freeman, for what it’s worth, isn’t going down quietly. Following is a clip from his blistering statement: [...]

Posted in Politics | Also tagged character assassination, Charles W. Freeman Jr., Israel, lobby, Middle East | 9 Comments