http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_verdict From a rather damning New York Times news analysis of the new National Intelligence Estimate: WASHINGTON, July 17 — Nearly six years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the hundreds of billions of dollars and thousands of lives expended in the name of the war on terror pose a single, insistent question: Are we safer? On Tuesday, in a dark and strikingly candid two pages, the nation’s intelligence agencies offered an implicit answer, and it was not encouraging. In many respects, the National Intelligence Estimate suggests, the threat of terrorist violence against the United States is growing worse, fueled by the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:08:31 -0800 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:18:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss When it comes to domestic and civil liberties issues, this administration constantly claims its detractors have a "pre-9/11 mindset". When it comes to international relations and undermining terrorists, though, it's bush and company who are sticking to old school style all-military, no-soft-power, Red Dawn wannabe bullshit.

]]> steve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_verdict#c765214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_verdict#c765214 2008 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:26:18 -0800 This should be filed under the "no shit sherlock" category. Anyone with a brain could see it coming.

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_verdict#c765394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_verdict#c765394 2008 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:18:20 -0800