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The NIE And The Media

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:33:27 PST

Today the Mainstream Media (MSM) has been waxing lyrical over the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) from the United States Intelligence Community saying that Iran is not and has not been...

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25 Million Names Lost From HMRC

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:56:47 PST

Just following up on the 25 Million Name Data-set that has been ‘lost’, it seems that my spider sense was tingling last week. John has covered all the basis with his usual skill in his piece here...

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News: Democrats Defeat Wire-Tap Amendment

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:24:08 PST

Source: From Reuters U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday, defying President George W. Bush,passing a bill tightening legal oversight of the power of intelligence agents to use wiretaps...

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News: US Courts Pour Cold Water On Wire-Tap Case

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:11:41 PST

Source: AP A federal appeals court dealt a near-fatal blow Friday to an Islamic charity's lawsuit alleging it was illegally wiretapped by federal investigators, saying that a key piece of evidence...

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News:Lieutenant General Bill Rollo Gives His View On Progress In Iraq

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:40 PST

Source: MOD News Lieutenant General Bill Rollo is the Senior British Military Representative to Iraq and Second in Command of the Coalition forces gave his views to MOD News. When asked about the...

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News: British Soilders Foil Suicide Bomb Attack

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:29:42 PST

Source MOD News British soldiers serving in southern Afghanistan have foiled a suicide car bomber who attempted to attack their patrol as they were returning to base. The incident, which lasted a...

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News:British Troops Push North Into Musa Qaleh

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:22:26 PST

Source: MOD News British troops launched an offensive on the 14th and have pushed forward into the area around the Taliban stronghold of Musa Qaleh. The town of Musa Qaleh, located in the north of...

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News:Coalition Forces Establish Presence West of the Euphrates

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:20:48 PST

Source: BlackFive.net Operation Marne Courageous kicked off in the early morning of Nov. 16 with more than 600 coalition forces and Iraqi army soldiers moving into two villages near the border of...

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Why The BBC Does Not Take Defence Coverage Seriously

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:11:37 PST

From BBC Politics It says something when the BBC sends somebody with the experience of Caroline Wyatt on defence issues to cover something as significant as the formation of the UK National Defence...

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Comment:Why the Left Wing Chattering Classes Cannot Be Trusted With Democracy.

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:59:25 PST

This is the first in a series of articles exploring the links between some elements of the ‘peace’ movement, the far left and foreign intelligence. While delving through the archives of the...

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News:President Musharraf Promises To Hold Elections

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:57:18 PST

Source: Reuters The Pakistani government said on Monday it would hold a national election by mid-January, as it came under pressure from the United States for imposing emergency rule and detaining...

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News: Sen Edwards A 'Preventative War Doctrine' Is 'Ridiculous And Dangerous'

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:25:43 PST

Source: USA Today Democratic presidential contender John Edwards attcked Sen. Hillary Clinton "is voting like a hawk in Washington, while talking like a dove in Iowa and New Hampshire." John...

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News:Director General Speaks of a Need For Continued Perseverance

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:29:28 PST

Source: MI5 Website Jonathan Evans, the Director General of the Security Service, gave a speech at the Society of Editors' conference in Manchester on 5 November 2007 in which he provided an update...

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News:US said to give 'green light' to wide-scale IDF operation in Gaza

noreply@blogger.com (John Trenchard) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:50:11 PST

Take this one with a pinch of salt, as the original source is a Lebanese newspaper. I find the idea of the Israelis going cowering to their American masters for a "green light" to do anything, to be...

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Comment: The trouble with facing and reporting facts

noreply@blogger.com (Edward Allen) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:53:12 PDT

I am forced to pay my licence fee for this crap? I want information: facts and detail. Instead I get another poorly written article that seemingly the BBC struggled to type, as it pains them that the...

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News: The Litvinenko Case Points the Way For Dealing With Radiological Weapons

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:59:59 PDT

Source: AFP The British Medical Journal (BMJ) in a new report has reported how the authorities should handle the threat of radiological attacks in the light of the murder of former Russian spy...

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Comment:Extraordinary Rendition-Is there an ethical case?

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:23:15 PDT

With Hollywood giving its ‘verdict’ on the ‘War on Terror’ I thought it might be high time to take a closure look at ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ and canvas opinion on what libertarian and centre right...

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News:Rice Stands By Sanctions On Iran

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:59:05 PDT

Source:Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday defended expanded U.S. sanctions on Iran. "The international community cannot just sit idly by until we face unpalatable choices....

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Knowledge: Who Are Al Qods And The Baseej?

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:34:42 PDT

Source:GlobalSecurity The Pasdaran has maintained an intelligence branch to monitor the regime's domestic adversaries and to participate in their arrests and trials. The Baseej (volunteers) come...

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Knowledge: Who Are The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp?

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:22:34 PST

Pasdaran military display taken recently (Source Unknown) Source:GlobalSecurity The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or Pasdaran was formed following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in an...

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Comment:US & Iran-The Ticking Time Bomb

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:02:46 PDT

The 'Great Prophet' Exercise in November 2006 (Source:FAS) Source:FAS and BBC Middle East “Iran has responded defiantly to new sanctions imposed by the US targeting Iran's Islamic Revolution...

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Turkey Attacks PKK Positions Inside Iraq

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:15:38 PDT

Source:Reuters Turkish warplanes and troops attacked Kurdish rebels inside Northern Iraq this week, security sources said on Wednesday. Turkey moved more troops to the mountainous border, keeping...

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News-South Korean Intelligence Admits Kidnapping Dissident

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:56:08 PDT

Source:AFP South Korean Intelligence said on Wednesday that then-president Park Chung-Hee had approved the infamous 1973 kidnapping in Tokyo of dissident Kim Dae-Jung. Kim Dae-Jung, who later ruled...

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Comment-28 Day Extention

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:54:16 PDT

I commented on this on this subject on Iain Dale's Blogspot: Iain, Having just come back from living in the Netherlands, I find the whole debate regarding terrorism and security quite backward to...

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US Forces Clash With Shia Militants-49 dead

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Gordon) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:53:59 PDT

Source:Voice of America/Global Security The U.S. military says its forces have killed 49 militants during fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district. A U.S. military statement said troops raided the...

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