I’m quite sure I could beat LeBron James in a game of one on one basketball. The game merely needs to feature two special rules: It lasts until I score, and as soon as I score I win. Such a game might last several hours,...
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Rob covers most of the points on 253 that I would have touched upon (as well as some I hadn't considered), but there are a few I want to add..
Briefly, regarding the Detroit-Failure-to-Explode-Thing:The successful destruction of Flight 253 might not have threatened American power, or the material foundation of American life, but it certainly would have sucked; any plausible.
Quick question: Did the news that a Dutchman was the first to tackle Shoebomber #2 remind anyone of how, in United 93, the appeasement-minded coward was clearly European? Me neither.
I have a review of Martin Murphy's Small Boats, Weak States, Dirty Money up at ID. Long story short, it's the best single volume introduction to modern piracy and maritime.
It's always difficult to figure out what's going on from news reports regarding a criminal investigation, but this story raises a lot of questions.First, why isn't Zazi being charged under.
Ahem.The British government decided it was “in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom” to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.Gordon Brown’s government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a...
I wonder which of Ross Douthat and Megan McArdle's pre-existing policy preferences we're going to have to institute in order to appease the latest domestic terrorist. Certainly, I don't think.
One problem with pointing out that if torture and preventative detention are such nifty tools in the fight to keep Americans "safe" why aren't we using them against common murderers,.
This is a sincere question. I'm not a particularly courageous person by any means, but I can say with considerable confidence that I've never felt any actual fear of terrorism. I mean I was a little freaked out on 9/11 itself because it was such...
It's hard to disagree with David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum on the drone issue:Governments typically make several mistakes when attempting to separate violent extremists from populations in which they hide..
This is a kind of interesting clip about the British approach to fighting terrorism. We recently had a speaker at Patterson knowledgeable of British intelligence organizations, and he made more.