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Trying to Identify Libya's Mystery Cluster Bomb. →
cjchivers:
Part IV, on the NYT’s At War blog. (Would like to put up more. But am posting from an airplane and the carrier’s pay-to-use wireless service is spotty and slow.)
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“During a point in history when our government has been accused of sending...”
– From David Carr’s column Blurred Line Between Espionage and Truth (via joshsternberg)
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Electronic Frontier Foundation | Satphones, Syria,... →
On Monday night, Colvin appeared on CNN, telling Anderson Cooper that “the Syrian army is shelling a city of cold, starving civilians.” Responding to Syrian president Bashar Al Assad’s statement that he was not targeting civilians in the barrage of rocketfire raining on Homs, Colvin accused the regime of “murder” and said: “There are no military targets here…It’s a complete and utter lie that...
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“Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices —...”
– Edward R. Murrow (via journolist)
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Which Pentagon Budget Numbers Are Real? You... →
When the Pentagon announced its 2013 budget last week, the press dutifully repoted the number, $525.4 billion, and Pentagon-watchers laughed. We all knew it had next to nothing to do with real national security spending. Luckily Winslow Wheeler — one of the most experienced and intelligent Pentagon-watchers around — ignored the press releases, dug into the budget and crunched the...