Tag Archives: surveillance

Obama exempted Pakistan drone missions from tougher rule in 2013

President Obama secretly granted the Central Intelligence Agency more flexibility to conduct drone strikes targeting terror suspects in Pakistan than anywhere else in the world after approving more restrictive rules in 2013. The Wall Street Journal, citing current and former…

Obama Plays Politics With The NSA

As I discussed in my most recent post, thanks to last week’s newest revelation–that the NSA scans virtually all communications between Americans and their correspondents overseas, based on the conveniently inexplicit and ambiguous rule that the NSA may “seek to…

NSA Oversteps (Again)

Let me be clear, Edward Snowden will never be a hero or a patriot in my eyes. I will not argue that he is traitor, though he is certainly a criminal. And no amount of revelations as to how the…

Timeless Meat Do’s and Don’ts

There is no manlier thing to get to grips with in the kitchen than a great hunk of meat. A slab appeals to something primal within us, something deep in our souls. Maybe it’s the hunter in us or maybe…