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First, claiming this election is a victory for Al-Qaeda is no different than claiming that electing Kerry is a victory for Al Qaeda. The PP lost the election because enough voters believe the PP lied about the presence of WMD…
Rice just declined to testify before the 9/11 commission, “not a matter of preference; this is a matter of principle. It has long been a legal and constitutional principle that assistants to the president, the presidential staff, do not testify…
Well, still using my inadequate Spanish, El Pais is calling the Spanish election for the Socialists. BBC is reporting that the Socialists will likely win. This is a defeat for the Bush Administration which, through clumsy diplomacy, has now ensured…
Reuters is reporting that the Spanish government, in the hours after the Madrid attacks, told its ambassadors to “use any opportunity to confirm ETA’s responsibility for these brutal attacks, thus helping to dissipate any type of doubt that certain interested…
The print edition of The Progressive has positive reviews of Paul Shambroom’s collection of photographs, Face to Face with the Bomb, and Errol Morris’ film, Fog of War. I reccomend both, especially Face to Face with the Bomb – not…
Defense News.com (subscription) reports that MDA has delayed the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) to early 2006. Victoria Samson wrote a nice summary for the CDI Space Security Update. NFIRE is a risk reduction effort for the space-based interceptor and…
Tom Tomorrow has an interesting suggestion about the relationship between W.’s service record (as it were) and his Administration’s enthusiasm for all things space.
Looks like two major Pentagon satellite programs are facing real trouble on the Hill: Asked about the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) and Space-Based Radar (SBR) programs, Lockheed Martin CEO Vance Coffman told Defense News that “the question will be, how…
Today, I am working on the dissertation chapter about Chinese nuclear deployments. Recent reports by the Council on Foreign Relations, National Resources Defense Council and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (subscription) all describe the People’s Republic of China as…
I’ve just finished a paper for the ISA Conference in Montreal suggesting that we should support (and probably expand) Air Force Space Command proposals to provide satellite tracking data and analytic support to foreign and commercial entities. If we don’t…
