Greetings from the 2006 Forum on Defense and Space from Colorado Springs. The large mountin topped with all manner of antennae, visible from the conference hotel, is Cheyenne Mountain—home of the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, which serves as the command center for both NORAD and USNORTHCOM. It is the central collection and coordination center for …
Roston on Gertz on Tice
by | 2006-01-13 | 1 Comment
Michael Roston beats me to the punch, noting the incongruity between past and current Bill Gertz reporting on NSA whistleblower Russ Tice. FWIW, I’ve always thought Tice sounds a little odd, even if it gets in the way of an ol’ fashioned impeachment.
Hoping Everything’s Not Lost
by | 2006-01-11 | 5 Comments
Yesterday, a colleague of mine was attempting to get a weblink for a recent article in the Washington Times. It’s a newspaper, I’m a “researcher”—so I think simple enough. Except, what do I find? Nothing. Rounding up the usual suspects was fruitless – not the on the newspaper’s website, not on Google news, and not …
We Are Monkeys
by | 2006-01-10 | 7 Comments
For those worrying about Iran, or realizing that it is in fact only Tuesday, here is something to lift your spirits. There is a wonderful article in the January/February 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs called A Natural History of Peace. Yes, this is an article about monkeys. It is about monkeys (or apes rather) that …
