I still can’t believe the Swiss shredded the evidence. AP’s Hanspeter Haefliger reports that Swiss authorities, under the supervision of the IAEA, shredded many documents relating to the Urs Tinner-AQ Khan case: The documents formed part of a case against three members of the Tinner family who are suspected of involvement in the nuclear smuggling …
Milbank on Hadley
by | 2008-05-29 | 4 Comments
I dunno, maybe it was the orange hunting vest. Or his comparison of the ex-parrot and the ex-candidate. But I think Dana Milbank, particularly in his columns for Washington Sketch, is the funniest, most insightful chronicler of the tribes of the Potomac. I don’t think Washington has had a columnist like Milbank since Frank Carpenter …
Rapture
by | 2008-05-29 | 10 Comments
Standing on the metro this morning, I noticed the above. I wasn’t really sure whether the artist was warning against the subpop indie rockers or CBGB favs, but the iPod remained dance-punk free for the duration of the ride.
Strategic Posture Commission Update
by | 2008-05-28 | 2 Comments
As most readers know, the blog has been keeping up with the Commission of the Strategic Posture of the United States, through its legislative inception and the announcement of the members. The U.S. Institute of Peace, which facilitated the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, will play a similar role for the Strategic Posture Commission. The executive …
