Category: News

Identity Theft Is Epidemic. Can It Be Stopped?. Identity theft, thanks mainly to the growth of the Internet, is epidemic. Can it be stopped? By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN. [The New York Times > Technology]

2 + 2 = ?. It’s become fairly common to state that one of the problems with the professional news media is how they cover things: they report what both sides say but (often) skip reporting the truth. One candidate says, “Two plus two equals four, but just barely. I used to think it equaled… Continue reading 2 + 2 = ?

After Terror, a Secret Rewriting of Military Law. The story of how Guantánamo and the new military justice system became an intractable legacy of Sept. 11 has been largely hidden from public view. By TIM GOLDEN. [The New York Times > Home Page]

Homeland security under Bush rates code red. The Washington-based nonprofit group Public Citizen has a new report out this week assessing the state of homeland security under the Bush administration. A look at its contents is far more frightening than the hyperbolic rhetoric of any Dick Cheney speech on terrorism. The report, “Homeland Unsecured” finds… Continue reading Homeland security under Bush rates code red

GLOBAL GUERRILLA TARGET: The North American Power Grid. A long term target of global guerrillas in our emerging war will be the large infrastructure networks that our national economy relies upon (as do all modern developed economies). The most critical and complex network is our power grid … [Global Guerrillas]

Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn-Out War. Much of the information provided by the C.I.A. to those prosecuting the war in Iraq and planning the occupation proved wrong. By MICHAEL R. GORDON. [The New York Times > Home Page]

A recession in 2005?. John Makin's analysis in today's WSJ($) seems disturbingly plausible: The U.S. economy is heading for a post-stimulus hangover. The double drag from higher oil prices (a tax increase) and higher short-term interest rates is not helping. If we aren't careful, we'll have a recession in 2005. That possibility makes even more… Continue reading A recession in 2005?

The Strategy to Secure Iraq Did Not Foresee a 2nd War. Many military officers and civilian officials say the Bush administration's miscalculations in Iraq cost the U.S. valuable momentum. By MICHAEL R. GORDON. [The New York Times > Home Page]

Jamestown.org does a wrap up of news on Shukrijumah. If he shifted to GG methods by paying gangs for infrastructure/market disruption in Mexico and the US (if he became a violence capitalist), we would be in much tougher position. Shukrijumah's connections with radioactive material is not fresh news. Early last year he was identified as… Continue reading Jamestown.org

With Few Suppliers of Flu Shots, Shortage Was Long in Making. Health experts had warned that the nation's system for vaccine supply and distribution was growing increasingly fragile. By DENISE GRADY. [The New York Times > Home Page]