Since both President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have promised that the United States won’t put boots on the ground in Libya, it is important to look at what now apparently doesn’t count as American troops on the ground. This must mean that: American military personnel who end up on the ground in Libya [...]

This kind of harassment by the federal government is probably an extremely effective way to intimidate journalists and news organizations while really scare future potential whistleblowers. From Politico: Federal investigators trying to find out who leaked information about a CIA attempt to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program obtained a New York Times reporter’s three private credit [...]

Am I crazy, or did we already do almost 60 years ago what McCain wants to do?:

Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) exchanged barbs this week challenging each other’s knowledge of events in Iraq. Obama charged that McCain, who supports Bush’s Iraq policy, had failed to learn from the administration’s mistakes, while McCain attacked Obama for not visiting the war zone for the past two years.