Obama declares war!
Tells supporters in Nevada to, “Argue, Get In Their Face!”
Here’s the entire Obama speech from Elko, Nevada, yesterday.
(He tells the crowd to “argue and get in their face” at 24:50 of the 25:38 minute speech.)
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BY OTTO KREISHER, CONGRESSDAILY
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| by Phil Leggiere | |
| Thursday, 18 September 2008 | |
Poll shows polarization in public opinion about homeland security. In the plethora of election season polls tracking every twist and turn of the presidential horse race, homeland security issues have been conspicuously absent this year. Partly for the obvious reason that global economic volatility has, at least for now, replaced terrorism as the most immediately pressing concern and anxiety, partly because of the lack of emphasis candidates have placed thus far in sharpening policy differences on homeland security.
(Compiler's note: FYI—We owe it to ourselves and the national security of our country to be better informed about our elected crooks.)
From The Wall Street Journal: Opinion Barney Frank didn't like our recent editorial taking him to task for his longtime defense of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Congressional baron defends himself in his signature style here. We'd let him have his say without comment except that his 'whole story' is, well, far from the whole truth.
Recently it has been observed that a sharp rise in chronic kidney disease (CKD) among farming communities in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. Local medical researchers have come up with several possible risk factors for the disease, including high groundwater fluoride content in some affected areas, leaching of heavy metals such as cadmium from agricultural chemicals into water sources, exposure to inorganic pesticides and fertilizers, and usage of aluminum vessels to store drinking water. Unfortunately any of the studies conducted were unable to conclusively prove the etiology of the disease.
By Noah Shachtman
The material is out in the public sphere, for anyone to see: newspapers, television shows, Internet postings. The methods for obtaining the material are straight-ahead: watch the tube, click on a mouse, and translate accordingly. The end product is almost always unclassified. And the whole thing is paid for by U.S. taxpayers. But the head of the CIA says that average Americans shouldn't be able to see so-called 'open source intelligence' products. It's too sensitive for public eyes. 'The information is unclassified. Our interest in it is not,' Gen. Michael Hayden told the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Conference late last week. (Click here for the audio.) 'One irony of working the open source side of the intelligence business… is that the better we do, the less we can talk about it.' Just a few years ago, open source intelligence was a backwater in a community where wiretaps and surveillance satellites and clandestine agents were prized. But that's changed, of late. The head of the Open Source Center, where public information is collected, now reports directly to Hayden – just like the Directorate of Intelligence and National Clandestine Services chiefs. Open source material is included regularly in the President's Daily Brief – the intelligence summary, delivered right to the Oval Office. These days, 'secret information isn't always the brass ring in our profession,' Hayden said. 'In fact, there's a real satisfaction in solving a problem or answering a tough question with information that someone was dumb enough to leave out in the open.' He added, 'The questions our customers ask – whether it’s a policy maker or a military commander or a law enforcement official -- demand answers, many of which are only available through open source research.' Sponsored Links 
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