I’m not holding my breath but for crying out loud, when does sanity return?
It figures. Obama’s first judicial nominee is a raving lunatic. Judge David Hamilton ruled that prayers in Jesus Name at the Indiana House of Representatives was unconstitutional, but prayers to Allah were not.
via Traditional Values Coalition
Toronto researchers of the University of Toronto’s Munk Center put the world on alert, according to the NY Times. GhostNet is watching and so far has “..in less than two years, has infiltrated at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries, including many belonging to embassies, foreign ministries and other government offices, as well as the Dalai Lama’s Tibetan exile centers in India, Brussels, London and New York.”
“Still going strong, the operation continues to invade and monitor more than a dozen new computers a week, the researchers said in their report, “Tracking ‘GhostNet’: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network.” They said they had found no evidence that United States government offices had been infiltrated, although a NATO computer was monitored by the spies for half a day and computers of the Indian Embassy in Washington were infiltrated.”
In a separate report, the University of Cambridge calls China, the Snooping Giant. They warn social-malware surveillance and say “other hackers could adopt the tactics used in the malware operation.”
Pursuing Holiness sees no intelligence = no leaks as the bright side.
The down side of President Obama’s questionable choice of Leon Panetta, says J.G.Thayer:
But never in his storied career has he done anything that would even hint at an aptitude for intelligence.
Some of Panetta’s experiences and skills would certainly serve him well at the CIA. He would be good at making sure the Agency stays within its budget and uses its funding most efficiently. He would keep the Agency from getting too close to breaking laws. And his lengthy experiences in government would help him maintain good relations with other agencies and government bodies.
But those are all peripheral to the primary task of the CIA: to collect information, analyze it, and manage it to best uphold our national security.
We’ve seen, far too often, what happens when the CIA fails. The price is often paid in blood — American blood. “Failures of Intelligence” are often cited as the prime factors in the success of the 9/11 attacks. Such failures also lie at the heart of the the Saddam-WMD mistake. And now Barack Obama — for whatever reason — wants to put in charge of the CIA a man with literally zero experience in intelligence, espionage, and covert operations.
We need a Jack Ryan.
Glenn Reynolds, the InstaPundit says, “Heckuva job, Timmy.”
He’s a Go-To-Guy, our Tim Geithner. A quick trip to his promised site and his promised transparency will yield you one thing…..Nada! He promises the same for U.S.A.What are the chances??? …..Empty promises or wishful thinking?
Financial Stability.gov
This site is coming soon.
There is good news here and hope. (Not Obama’s kind but real hope.) Since Daniel Hannan made his speech to European Parliament, aimed at Gordon Brown , tens of thousands world wide respond. Newspapers passe?
“When I woke up this morning, my phone was clogged with texts, my email inbox with messages. Overnight, the YouTube clip of my remarks had attracted over 36,000 hits. By today, it was the most watched video in Britain.
How did it happen, in the absence of any media coverage? The answer is that political reporters no longer get to decide what’s news.”
The Anchoress reaches across the cyber-pond to find this gem. This voice of the people is Daniel Hannan undressing Parliament. The Anchoress thanks Gerald Werner as do I. Werner says:
“For anyone who has ever dreamed of being able to tell our rulers, to their faces, precisely what we think of them, Daniel Hannan’s recently posted video of himself doing exactly that to Gordon Brown in the European Parliament is compulsive viewing.”
Be Holy! 