Author: BooMan

No Imagination

I know that many hundreds (at least) of Syrians died in an attack that appears to have been chemical in nature, but I still cringe when I read stuff like the following in the New York Times: Among American officials, there was a...

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Less Than Meets the Eye

I don’t want to place myself in a pro-snooping camp but I do want to discuss the controversy over David Miranda’s detention at Heathrow Airport in a balanced way. As I’ve said from the beginning, detaining Mr....

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They’re Not Listening

Byron York joins the brigade of Establishment Republicans who are trying to beat back the notion that it’s a good idea to cause a shutdown of the government in an effort to prevent the implementation phase of ObamaCare. He...

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Small Things Can Kill Your Credibility

I realize that talking about Glenn Greenwald has the effect of taking the heat off of the Intelligence Community and can serve as a distraction from a much-needed public debate about surveillance. But people need to understand...

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On Leaks and Punishment

The administration has released a heavily redacted opinion of the FISA court (FISC) from 2011 that found some of the NSA’s activities to be unconstitutional. In part, this is in response to a Freedom of Information Act...

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