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Situation Report: Expert analysis, briefings and
commentary from across the political spectrum.
  • The Edward Snowden affair demolishes US cyberwar hype by George Smith, 17 Jun -- "The Edward Snowden affair has done many things. One of the most signal is its complete destruction of the US government/national security megaplex's campaign of cyberwar hype, disinformation and outright lying...."
  • Ricin Pinup Girl Arrested by George Smith, 7 Jun -- "The national micro-fad of summer ricin mailing has produced a lot of firsts, not the least of which is the debut involvement and arrest of a beauty queen/actress/serial wife, Shannon Rogers Richardson, apparently intent on framing her husband. And showing a disagreeable side to the President and Mayor Michael Bloomberg...."
  • Ricin Bean Pounding: Welcome to the new weird by George Smith, 1 Jun -- "Welcome to the new weird. The fresh batch of ricin letters has uncovered a bean-pounder, or bean-pounders, even stranger than Tupelo, Mississippi's accused ricin guru, guitarist and karate instructor J. ..."
  • Bean Pounding: Unknown violent gun nut implicated in ricin mail by George Smith, 30 May -- "Three incidents with ricin-tainted mail between April and May constitute new and uncharted territory in the US. And in two of the instances ricin mail targeting the President has been intercepted. ..."
  • Cyberwar, cyberespionage and media manipulation by George Smith, 28 May -- "If you've been following along it's no secret the US government and the national security industry have been waging an increasingly concerted campaign to boost cyber-defense spending. The lynchpin of the strategy is the relentless argument that Chinese hackers, under the guidance of its government and military, are into all American corporate business, military networks and the nation's infrastructure. ..."

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