September 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Though inspired by the words of John McCain and Sarah Palin at the just-concluded Republican National Convention, I am perplexed by some activities that took place at the gathering.
Specifically, I’m bothered by the fact that, on several occasions during the convention, Code Pink activists made it all the way to the convention floor before being [...]
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Americans should continue to be vigilant, take notice of their surroundings and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s current threat level as of this posting. One week from today, however, Americans should expect that threat level to rise — not due to external threats, [...]
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March 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I couldn’t believe what I was reading in The Washington Times. In the first of a three-part series published this morning, Bill Gertz outlines how someone in the U.S. Government seems to have decided once again to risk national security by outsourcing contracts to overseas companies.
In much the same way national security appears to [...]
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The U.S. State Department posted a new fact sheet today that contains ominous warnings for American citizens planning to travel to Beijing later this year for the XXIXth Olympic Summer Games and the Beijing Paralympic Summer Games which will take place Aug 8-24 and Sept. 6-17, respectively. Two of the more-serious warnings appear [...]
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Tags: · American citizens, beijing, beijing paralympic summer games, China, fact sheet, Olympic Games, olympic summer games, Olympics, on-site monitoring, privacy, privacy and security, security, state department, technical monitoring, threat levels, u.s. state department, XXIXth Olympic Summer Games
September 12th, 2007 · No Comments
Yesterday, in my post, Surveillance Up as ‘08 Beijing Games Approach, I highlighted an Open Doors report on increasing surveillance of Christians by Chinese government agencies as the 2008 Olympics draws closer.
Today, I offer a related story, courtesy of the folks at The New York Times, that shows how Wall Street is, under the [...]
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Tags: · 2008 Olympics, Beijing Games, China, Chinaview, chinese, Chinese Government, Christians, New York Times, Olympics, Open Doors, security, surveillance, The New York Times, Wall Street