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Deedy Mistrial in Hawaii Shooting; Saga Moves into Third Year 27 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
Hawaiian newspapers reported today that the judge declared a mistrial Monday in the Second Degree murder trial of State Department special agent Chris Deedy. Jurors said they couldn’t unanimously deci...
DS BS? State Department Firearms Policy Classified Days After Deedy Shooting 26 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
Curiouser and curioser as they say. A reader called our attention to the fact that the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security removed its long-unclassified version of its firearms policy fro...
New Book: Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters 24 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
A new book by Andrew Kreig, Presidential Puppetry: Obama, Romney and Their Masters, explores the complex and interrelated backgrounds of our recent presidents and presidential candidates. While I have...
The Future was New Orleans 23 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
My recent article/post on post-Constitutional America brought in more mail than usual. With the permission of the writer, I’d like to share a particularly poignant comment. In my list of signs that we...
War Comes Home: Welcome to Post-Constitution America 21 Aug 2013 | 05:19 pm
This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com. In light of the Bradley Manning verdict, this seemed worth re-reading. On July 30, 1778, the Continental Congress created the first whistleblower p...
State Department Holds a Car Show in Afghanistan, Saves Democracy 19 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
By default, please assume every article you see here about State Department Public Diplomacy activities begins with “You just can’t make these things up.” It’ll save me a lot of typing. Thanks. Though...
Big, BIG Changes Afoot at State Department 17 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
Sorry for the late notice, but apparently unbeknownst to me, big, BIG changes took place a few years ago at the State Department. With the pace of change at State such as it is, it can be hard to keep...
Manning’s Apology: Try Compassion and Understanding, Not Vindication 16 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
With the Bradley Manning sentencing decision expected in about a week, much attention has turned to his statement in court on August 14 essentially begging for leniency, and thus his life. Many people...
How Many Afghan Hearts and Minds Do You Win When a School Collapses? 14 Aug 2013 | 04:35 pm
This article first appeared on the Huffington Post. One (of thousands) of examples of how we lost the war for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people was our shoddy management of the things we built....
Manning Begat Snowden 12 Aug 2013 | 04:47 pm
Yes We Can! (spy on Americans). I know it is hard for us as a nation to think back past last night’s episode of Breaking Bad, but try and remember when Obama, a former constitutional law lecturer, cam...
