Internet Freedom: Where the United States Stands
This morning Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a landmark speech on internet freedom around the world, making it clear exactly where the United States stands:
On their own, new technologies do not take sides in the struggle for freedom and progress, but the United States does. We stand for a single Internet where all of [...]
The President on Haiti: "The First Waves of our Rescue and Relief Workers are on the Ground and at Work"
This morning the President gave another update relief efforts in Haiti, promising the people of Haiti that "you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten." Again, while the US Government does all it can, you can also help immediately by donating to the international fund of the Red Cross to assist the relief [...]
Help for Haiti
The President has been receiving updates on the urgent situation in Haiti late into last night and this morning, and top members of his team have been convening to formulate the government response.
You can also help immediately by donating to the Red Cross to assist the relief effort. Contribute online here, or donate $10 to be [...]
Insanity: Importing Terrorists Instead Of Kicking Them Out
Providing diversity visas to terrorist nations is nothing less than the equivalent of having a death wish and acting on it. It’s insane.
Yet the U.S. continues with the State Department’s diversity visa lottery as a means of getting to the U.S. Included in the lottery are all four countries the U.S considers state sponsors [...]
Spying On Sea Lions vs. Spying On Terrorists
Since the CIA and the State Department managed to fumble the data that would have prevented the bomber from getting on the plane, don’t think it would be a great idea that they spend less time spying on sea lions (or its equivalent), watching glaciers, and watching climate change - and instead, put more effort [...]
"The System Worked"
CBS reports:
CBS News has learned the State Department system designed to keep track of active U.S. visas twice failed to reveal Nigerian terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been issued an active visa allowing him multiple entries into the United States.
According to a law enforcement source, the first failure came on Nov. 19, 2009, [...]
