Author: ask

Did People Die Because of Manning?

There’s been a lot of speculation that Manning’s release of documents to WikiLeaks and their subsequent publication caused the deaths of US intelligence assets. We recently saw this in a front page story: Bradley...

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Yesterday’s Diary Deleted

I posted a diary yesterday morning titled “Total Information Awareness – How Quaint” which I have now deleted. During the evening/night, the discussion in it devolved to a veritable hatefest on Obama. It had...

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Bill McKibben Awarded the Sophie Prize

Environmental activist Bill McKibben’s name should be well known to most of us. Today it was announced that he has been awarded the Sophie Prize in recognition of his environmental activism and mobilization against global...

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Elizabeth Warren::Ten Weeks Out – 300 Weeks to Go

Cross-posted from the GOS. This morning, I’d like to write a brief post to sum up Senator Warren’s astonishing record in the Senate to date. It is only a bit over 10 weeks since she was seated, yet she has already...

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Grills Bernanke

Elizabeth Warren is on fire, make no mistake about it. It is only two weeks since she took the heads of various financial regulatory bodies to the woodshed in a Valentine Day’s massacre – Elizabeth Warren Gets to...

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