Month: May 2006

National Security and phone databases

I was thinking about the USA Today story.  The NSA’s goal is to acquire a database with records of every call ever made in the United States.  They aren’t taping all of the actual calls, just keeping...

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Interviewing Valerie McDonald Roberts

I had the pleasure of speaking with Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor Valerie McDonald Roberts here in PA last night on the phone for forty-five minutes after a long day on the campaign trail which didn’t end for her...

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World War III and Counting

As Patriot Daily at My Left Wing points out, young Mister Bush has apparently decided to change the name of the “Global War on Terror” to “World War III.”  It’s fairly certain that even Bush...

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Torture and the Army Field Manual

Last year the Army Intelligence Center at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz., starting working on a draft for an updated Army Field Manual on interrogation. They wanted to do something to clarify the rules of engagement and prevent another Abu...

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