The White House came through with some stronger words on Al Megrahi today: Asked after issuing a statement on Afghanistan’s elections for his thoughts on the jubilant crowd that greeted Abdel Baset al-Megrahi in Tripoli on Thursday, Obama said: “I … Continue reading →
Abdel Basset Ali Al Megrahi , who remains the only person ever convicted for the Lockerbie bombing, was released today by Scottish authorities for compassionate reasons. He is said to be suffering from advanced prostate cancer and to have only … Continue reading →
This is not good news: Brazil and France disagree over whether any of the debris claimed to have been spotted by Brazil is really from the missing flight. France is saying that the debris located so far is not necessarily … Continue reading →
When I was in graduate school, I lived in a house with four other women. It was a large and lovely place, with five airy bedrooms, a living room and parlor, a pantry and a little yard. The rent was … Continue reading →
On the topic of Obama’s decision to release the so-called “torture memos,” others have stated the basics already, and stated them well (see this and this, for example). In the latter article, Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, ranking Republican on … Continue reading →
…it’s the dolphins to the rescue. But alas, there are only so many dolphins in the world, and they can’t be everywhere at once. The pirates have wasted no time boarding four more vessels. This time, however, the targets were … Continue reading →
There’s been some relabeling going on in the Obama administration. The “Global War on Terror,” a term criticized by the Left as too simplistic and truculent, and on the Right as too general and nonspecific, has been rebranded. The “solution” … Continue reading →
The charges against Cole bombing suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri have been dropped—for now. It’s certainly not for lack of evidence. It’s due to the fact that President Obama isn’t keen on the way the Bush administration handled those captured in … Continue reading →
It should come as no surprise that one of the released Guantanamo prisoners has set up camp as deputy head of al Qaeda operations in Yemen. How these people must laugh at our delicate—and self-destructive—sensibilities! One of the things in … Continue reading →
Barack Obama has wasted no time reversing some of President Bush’s most controversial policies concerning the interrogation, imprisonment, and trials of foreign terrorist detainees. Or has he? If you read the linked article carefully, you’ll see that the thrust of … Continue reading →
For a supposedly intelligent man, Obama has made an especially poor choice in his reported choice of Leon Panetta as CIA chief. To say Panetta is inexperienced in intelligence would be an understatement. He is profoundly inexperienced, even more so … Continue reading →
The US says it warned Indian authorities that terrorists from Pakistan would be arriving by water and targeting Mumbai. This sounds like a “good news/bad news” story: it’s reassuring the US knew that much, distressing that India chose to ignore … Continue reading →