London Times drops the third shoe (and still NO mainstream media in the US hears it)

The FBI was monitoring Turkish diplomatic and political figures based in Washington who were allegedly working with the Israelis and using “moles” in military and academic institutions to acquire nuclear secrets.

The creation of this nuclear ring had been assisted… […]

BTW, it has been pointed out to me, that we seem to refer a lot to the New York Times for our news stories. I’ve been told this shows my liberal bias. Readers who read will probably note that many times I disagree with the paper of record, but I acknowledge that it […]

CNN) — A three-judge panel in northern Afghanistan has sentenced a student journalist to death for distributing a paper he printed off the Internet that allegedly blasphemed Islam, according to international media groups.But media groups in the country say the journalist is in fact being punished for investigative pieces his brother wrote. Those articles […]

Asia Times scoops with a story on how a routine encounter in the straits of Hormuz on January 6th was spun by the Pentagon into an international incident for domestic consumption in the US.

Porter has a pretty solid reputation and while his analysis seems a little short on who or why the decision was […]

Maybe people feel these hot spots are irrelevant to the larger presidential campaign, but we disagree.
Read on and the reasons why this “exit-poll” matters will become clearer:
“NAIROBI, Kenya — An exit poll carried out on behalf of a U.S. government-backed foundation indicates that Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki was defeated in last month’s disputed election […]

Fred Kaplan in Slate analyzes it for us:
“In the latest Newsweek, Michael Hirsh reports that, during a private conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Bush “all but disowned” the agencies’ Dec. 3 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran. A “senior administration official who accompanied Bush” on the trip confided to Hirsh that Bush “told the […]

Bush disavows Iran NIE to Israeli Prime Minister
This is troubling:
“He told the Israelis that he can’t control what the intelligence community says, but that [the NIE’s] conclusions don’t reflect his own views” about Iran’s nuclear-weapons program, said the official, who would discuss intelligence matters only on the condition of anonymity.
Bush’s behind-the-scenes assurances may help to […]

January 10, 2008
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By Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The presidential campaign turned South on Thursday, as Republicans vied over who could offer the toughest language on Iran and traded barbs over who’s the true conservative heir to Ronald Reagan.
The […]

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In support of my comments after the Bhutto killing about the complex web of decpetions, lies and corruption that have arked our relations with Pakistan (which were all absent from the current release Charlie Wilson’s War) I suggest you read today’s hot story from the UKTimes. Whistle blower Sibel Edmonds has leaked a […]

………11:00AM EST

Well, I must say, Senator Clinton probably ends up with the response
closest to reality in assessing the situation in Pakistan and how America should respond to it. She was also pretty impressive with Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Although I hate to use the tired word, “Presidential” I am hard pressed to find any […]