National Post”This guy is not a virgin,” said a senior Canadian intelligence source, speaking on background. “There is more than meets the eye here.”Officials say Prime Minister Paul Martin has been extensively briefed on Arar’s activities abroad and in Canada, suggesting this is why the government backed off holding a full-scale public inquiry into his [...]
Christmas Wishes
Dec 22nd, 2003
In the spirit of the season, I wave my magic wand, and give my fellow bloggers their heart’s desire:
Glenn Reynolds is appointed to fill a vacancy in the Federal Ninth Circuit. In his first meeting with his fellow jurists, he is so persuasive he reverses the overwhelming liberal activist trend of the court and it [...]
SARS: Back in 2003?
Dec 17th, 2003
No, not really. As I read the story, this is a researcher who got sloppy in the lab. He could still generate an outbreak but this is not SARS in the “wild”, just stupidity. AGAIN! Hard to understand the constant carelessness on the part of people working with this illness.SFgateTwo colleagues who had close contact [...]
One Man Makes a Difference
Dec 10th, 2003
Army Sgt. Paul Smith
BAGHDAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Iraq — The Republican Guard complex adjacent to the airport seemed the ideal place for a prison: high stone walls surrounding a grassy courtyard. There was a guard tower, high enough so the American soldiers could monitor their Iraqi prisoners of war.
Building the prison was assigned to Bravo company [...]
WMD in America
Dec 4th, 2003
This is typical of the plots that we are constantly seeing in the US, on-going terrorist threats that the media ignore.CBS 11Nov 26, 2003 3:30 pm US/CentralBy Robert Riggs With Investigative Producer Todd BensmanFederal authorities this year mounted one of the most extensive investigations of domestic terrorism since the Oklahoma City bombing, CBS 11 has [...]
Makers of Body Armor Boost Production
Dec 3rd, 2003
Washington Post The Army’s rush to overcome shortages of body armor and armored Humvees in Iraq is sparking a mini-boom for manufacturers of the equipment. Body-armor manufacturers are increasing output to 25,000 vests a month from 3,300. An Ohio-based subsidiary of Armor Holdings Inc. — the military’s only maker of armored Humvees — is ramping up [...]
Saving Lives With Ceramic Armor ‘The Interceptor Body Armor system was the first new armor that the Marine Corps and Army have had since Vietnam in the 1960s. Because it’s B4C (and, in some cases, SiC) instead of aluminum oxide, it’s much lighter. That’s the justification for the high price, and the government is more [...]
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