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Hired Guns
I mentioned this story before. Here is the text of the Esquire story ‘Hired Guns’. This is a very interesting story, I highly recommend reading it. After reading the story it is easy to understand how the four contractors were killed the other day. Federal employees will now “have no recourse if they are fired …
Missile defense
Text of a speech Dr. Rice was supposed to give on 9/11 – outlined a Bush administration policy that would address “the threats and problems of today and the day after, not the world of yesterday” the focus was largely on missile defense, not terrorism from Islamic radicals.
Freelance terrorism researcher
This was an interesting story, sounds like the FBI needs a kick in the ass: Clarke ‘Outsourced’ Terror Intelligence. Richard Clarke was so frustrated by the FBI’s inability to identify Islamic radicals within the United States that he turned for help to a freelance terrorism researcher whose work was deeply resented by top bureau officials.
Clarke’s impact
This is an interesting write-up: TNR Logic Jam