Archive for July, 2006

Sometimes they mean just what they say

Sometimes they mean just what they say

By Mike Tanji • on July 18, 2006

Iran’s Hizbollah, which claims links to the Lebanese group of the same name, said on Tuesday it stood ready to attack Israeli and U.S. interests worldwide.”We have 2,000 volunteers who have registered since last year,” said Iranian Hizbollah’s spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli, speaking

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Quite Possibly the Best News . . .

Quite Possibly the Best News . . .

By Mike Tanji • on July 18, 2006

. . . to come out of the IC in a long time: Many U.S. intelligence agencies as well as the congressional intelligence oversight committees hire their senior staff from a predictable, somewhat in-grown

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Are you F’ing Kidding Me?

Are you F’ing Kidding Me?

By Mike Tanji • on July 17, 2006

A former State Department official at the center of an espionage investigation is claiming reports of his involvement with a Taiwanese intelligence agent are inaccurate and distorted. In a court filing Friday, lawyers for the veteran American diplomat,

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Ask the Widows and Orphans

Ask the Widows and Orphans

By Mike Tanji • on July 17, 2006

Reading this I am reminded of three things; the stellar effectiveness at keeping the peace that UN forces in Srebrenica, their

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HLS: Not Serious (Personal)

HLS: Not Serious (Personal)

By Mike Tanji • on July 14, 2006

So I’m flying home from DC and dutifully get in like at the TSA screening point. No, no one placed a wand in an inappropriate place or groped me or made me drink my own bodily fluids. No, I was struck by the TSA staff, which consisted

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In a Zoolander sort of way

In a Zoolander sort of way

By Mike Tanji • on July 13, 2006

A reader sends this link to the SITE Institute . . . A document which seeks to debunk the claim that jihad is a wasted venture against America due to the disparity in terms

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By Mike Tanji • on July 13, 2006

Thursday marks a dubious anniversary in the Homeland Security Department’s brief history. A year ago Secretary Michael Chertoff, as part of a department-wide restructuring, announced he would appoint an assistant

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Israeli Conflict Poll Up

Israeli Conflict Poll Up

By Mike Tanji • on July 12, 2006

GroupIntel Forums members (and anyone who wants to join) please hit the new poll at: http://groupintel.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9901014161/m/6351053691

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Heritage Panel Notes

Heritage Panel Notes

By Mike Tanji • on July 11, 2006

As mentioned previously, I participated in a panel discussion about captured media at the Heritage Foundation on Tuesday. Most of the thunder was stolen by HPSCI Chairman Hoekstra, but I didn’t mind. The guy has his finger on the pulse of related issues and frankly I wouldn’t have cared if he had

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Lies and Stats (Again)

Lies and Stats (Again)

By Mike Tanji • on July 10, 2006

Crypto star and security maven Schneier trots out an academic ally to beat the “data mining is bad” horse: Floyd Rudmin, a professor at a Norwegian university,

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