The Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010
Why is the national security community treating the “Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010,” introduced by Sens. John McCain and Joseph Lieberman on Thursday as a standard proposal, as a simple response to the administration’s choices in the aftermath of the Christmas Day bombing attempt? A close reading of the bill suggests [...]
‘Operation Exodus’: Louisiana Sheriff Taps Locals For Emergency Security Plan
A Louisiana sheriff plans to arm volunteers with shotguns, riot shields, batons, and a .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a “war wagon,” as part of “Operation Exodus,” a program to provide security in the event of a terrorist attack or civic unrest. “It’s a calling,” he says.
The office of Sheriff Larry Deen of Bossier Parish, [...]
Chileans arm selves against looters
One man swings a thick metal chain. Another grips an ax. An older gentleman favors a wooden pole. And a 20-year-old spoiling for a fight has prepared a garrote — a menacing wire tied between two handles — to confront any intruders.
These and hundreds of other survivors of Chiles’ devastating earthquake have organized neighborhood watch [...]
WWIII By Midsummer
The three-party meeting that took place in Damascus on Friday gathering the Syrian president Bashar al Assad, the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was a war council to devise counterattack plans and assign tasks in the event of an Israeli offensive on one or all parties, wrote Abdelbari Atwan, the [...]
Number of US extremist groups ‘exploded’ in 2009
Extremist groups surged in the United States in 2009, with anti-government “Patriot” militias leading the way, says a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
“The radical right caught fire last year, as broad-based populist anger at political, demographic and economic changes in America ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the [...]
Mexican drug gangs increasingly target US public lands
Not far from Yosemite’s waterfalls and in the middle of California’s redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.
Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, but Mexican traffickers have taken it to a whole new level: using [...]
Big Quake Coming For U.S.?
With major seismic events in Haiti and Chile occurring so close together, and relatively close to the United States, is another major earthquake due to strike our country?
On CBS’ “The Early Show” this morning, Dr. Marcia McNutt, a geophysicist and director of the U.S. Geological Survey, said it is not a matter of if, but [...]
California is a greater risk than Greece, warns JP Morgan chief – Telegraph
Jamie Dimon, chairman of JP Morgan Chase, has warned American investors should be more worried about the risk of default of the state of California than of Greece’s current debt woes.
Mr Dimon told investors at the Wall Street bank’s annual meeting that “there could be contagion” if a state the size of California, the biggest [...]
Kansas tax collections decline by 27 percent for February
The Department of Revenue reported Friday that Kansas collected $71 million less in tax revenues than expected this month, leading one lawmaker to call for additional cuts to the current state budget.
Gov. Mark Parkinson called the numbers bad, and his spokesman, Seth Bundy, said the governor would outline a plan next week to deal with [...]
Alabama University Shooting, Clemmons Tapes Show Fallacy of Gun Control
The University of Alabama is a gun-free zone, and accused Prof. Amy Bishop reportedly had no carry permit for a handgun she allegedly used in the shooting deaths of three colleagues last Friday.
Maurice Clemmons was a convicted felon, ineligible to legally possess, much less own a firearm of any kind, yet he had two – [...]
