Reagan Aide Perle: START 'Seriously Flawed'

Reagan Aide Perle: START 'Seriously Flawed'

Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 

By Dan Weil and Ashley Martella

Instead of pressuring reluctant Republican senators for rapid ratification of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, the Obama administration should just drop it, says Richard Perle, a key architect of President Ronald Reagan’s strategy to end the Cold War.

U.S. military backs START despite Republican concerns | Reuters

U.S. military backs START despite Republican concerns | Reuters

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON | Thu Dec 16, 2010 6:41pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top military officials said on Thursday the United States badly needed ratification of the New START nuclear treaty with Russia, even as Republican senators questioned its implications for national security.General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters all the military service chiefs were "very much behind this treaty" because it would provide transparency as Russia and the United States modernize their nuclear forces.

The START Treaty Must Be Opposed

The START Treaty Must Be Opposed

Thursday, 16 Dec 2010 01:28 PM

By Newsmax Editorial

Within days, maybe hours, the U.S. Senate will vote on ratifying the New START treaty.
If approved, it will be a dangerous and capricious move that will undermine our security for years to come. Some Senate Republicans appear ready to cave in to the strong-arm tactics the Obama administration and Sen. Harry Reid are using in their effort to ram through a lame-duck Congress one of the most sweeping nuclear treaties the United States has ever signed, a treaty that has many problems that could jeopardize America's national security.

The American Empire Is Collapsing, And Americans Will Be The Last to Know

The American Empire Is Collapsing, And Americans Will Be The Last to Know | | AlterNet

News Junkie Post / By Gilbert Mercier

50 years from now historians may write about the fall of empire. But history is writing itself furiously right now, accelerated by the revolution of global freedom of information.

December 15, 2010 |

50 years from now historians will probably be writing about the fall of the American empire. But history is writing itself furiously in the present, accelerated by the revolution of global freedom of information. What would have taken years to unlikely gather is accessible to anyone with a few strokes on a computer keyboard. So never mind the historians of the future, and lets see how reality is shaping up today.

Writing About Defense, But at What Price? - Brookings Institution

Writing About Defense, But at What Price? - Brookings Institution

Peter W. Singer, Director, 21st Century Defense Initiative

December 13, 2010 —

A recent article in Politico “Playing Defense— At A Price?” explored the media phenomenon of Loren Thompson, the COO of the Lexington Institute, a relative machine when it comes to delivering pithy quotes on defense issues, but also a controversial figure in thinktankdom (A Harper’s Magazine article entitled, "Mad Men: Introducing the defense industry's pay-to-play ad agency" last April took Thompson to task for promoting his private defense clients in the public domain).

Could Ron Paul Take Down Sarah Palin? -- Daily Intel

Could Ron Paul Take Down Sarah Palin? -- Daily Intel

• 12/13/10 at 1:20 PM

Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty

Long before the tea party movement grabbed half a dozen Senate seats, before its early proponents ever even dreamed of wearing Colonial-era garb in public, there was longtime Texas Republican Ron Paul, the one guy in Congress trying to abolish the Federal Reserve and shrink the government into near nonexistence. Paul won a devoted-bordering-on-cultish following during his 2008 presidential run, one which, obviously, didn't work out. But now Paul is telling the Times that "it’s at least 50-50" that he'll try again in 2012, and this time, with the movement built largely on his libertarian philosophy now a real force in American politics and expected to be decisive in the Republican primaries.

Stephens: Europe Needs a Tea Party - WSJ.com

Stephens: Europe Needs a Tea Party - WSJ.com

• DECEMBER 14, 2010

The euro isn't what ails the continent.

Once upon a not-very-long-ago time, Europe was the land of the future.
In 2005, American trendspotter Jeremy Rifkin published "The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream." The same year, Washington Post reporter T.R. Reid came out with "The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy." A year later we got "Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century" by British think-tanker Mark Leonard.

Ron Paul Defends WikiLeaks Founder's Rights - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

Ron Paul Defends WikiLeaks Founder's Rights - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
December 3, 2010 6:13 PM

Posted by Mary Dooe 82 comments

Often in opposition to others in his party because of his Libertarian beliefs, Republican Ron Paul of Texas offered up support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Thursday, saying "In a free society we're supposed to know the truth."

 AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is standing up for the founder of WikiLeaks, going against many of his Republican colleagues by defending Assange's leaks of secret American documents.

YouTube - Singing PM: 'Fats' Putin over the top of 'Blueberry Hill' with piano solo

YouTube - Singing PM: 'Fats' Putin over the top of 'Blueberry Hill' with piano solo

В. Путин сыграл "С чего начинается Родина" и спел песню

YouTube - В. Путин сыграл "С чего начинается Родина" и спел песню

It's website warfare over WikiLeaks | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

It's website warfare over WikiLeaks

Cyberspace is battleground for supporters, attackers

BY RAPHAEL G. SATTER AND JILL LAWLESS

Associated Press

"Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, questioning the reliability of leaked U.S. cables referring to his nation as undemocratic and corrupt, said the fact that Assange is in custody shows that the West has its own problems with democracy.
"Why was Mr. Assange hidden in prison?" Putin said. "Is this democracy?"

LONDON -- Skirmishes raged across cyberspace between WikiLeaks supporters and the companies they accuse of trying to stifle the group, with websites on both sides of the battle line taken out of service or choked off by attacks.

Now Wikileaks suffers its own leaks

Now Wikileaks suffers its own leaks - Telegraph

Wikileaks is facing questions over its finances as lawyers for its alleged main source, Pte Bradley Manning, said they had not seen a penny of tens of thousands of dollars raised by the site to help pay for his defence and promised to them three months ago.

By Andrew Gilligan 8:00AM GMT 12 Dec 2010

The development comes as a senior WikiLeaks activist told The Sunday Telegraph that she and others had resigned from the organisation because of their deep concern about its treatment of sources and "lack of transparency with relation to large sums of money".

Kremlin suggests WikiLeaks founder for Nobel Prize | Russia | RIA Novosti

Kremlin suggests WikiLeaks founder for Nobel Prize | Russia | RIA Novosti

Kremlin suggests WikiLeaks founder for Nobel Prize

15:36 08/12/2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be nominated for a Nobel prize, a source in the Kremlin told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
"Non-governmental and governmental organizations should think of ways to help him. Perhaps he could be awarded a Nobel prize," the source said.

Obama calls WikiLeaks' deplorable: White House | Reuters

Obama calls WikiLeaks' deplorable: White House | Reuters

Obama calls WikiLeaks' "deplorable": White House

WASHINGTON | Sat Dec 11, 2010 3:48pm EST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told Turkish and Mexican leaders on Saturday that WikiLeaks' actions were "deplorable" as the U.S. administration kept up damage control efforts over the website's embarrassing release of masses of secret U.S. cables.

Russia: nominate Assange for Nobel prize

09.12.2010 @ 17:51 CET

A contact in the office of Russian President Medvedev has said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize next year. "Public and non-governmental organisations should think of how to help him," the contact told Russian media after Assange was arrested in the UK.

Russia will build up forces without New START, Putin says - CNN.com

Putin: Wikileaks leak is no catastrophe - CNN.com

Putin: WikiLeaks leak is no catastrophe