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Monthly Archives: November 2005
“Bad Reception” by Art Levine in “American Prospect.”
“There is no oversight,” says Hishem Melham, the Washington bureau chief of the Lebanese daily newspaper As-Safir. “This guy [Harb] hires and fires and sets salaries on his own, and he’ll continue to do it as long as he feels … Continue reading
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Movie Review – Farrell “Broken Flowers”
"Broken Flowers" a review by Alan Farrell. Download broken_flowers.doc
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Habakkuk on”Leo Strauss and the World of Intelligence”
In 1998 Abram Shulsky and Gary Schmitt wrote an essay titled as above. The burden of this essay was a detailed challenge to the methods of intelligence analysis followed by the US Intelligence commmunity since the immediate post-war era when … Continue reading
Posted in Habakkuk
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Veterans Day – 2005
Alan Farrell is often asked to speak at military funerals, Veteran’s Day observances and the like. This is a speech he sometimes gives. The Lexington in this talk is Lexington, Virginia, and the owner of the hardware store is an … Continue reading
Key Rove Aide May Testify
Key Rove Aide May Be Asked to Testify By Richard Sale, long-time intelligence correspondent A key aide to presidential advisor Karl Rove is likely to be summoned to appear before the federal grand jury investigating the outing of … Continue reading
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“Serving Patriot” on “The Old Guns are..”
This was a Comment from "Serving Patriot." It is so striking that I have made it a posting in its own right. Pat Lang "Someone said it upthread that this is a tactical view of the scene lacking in operational/strategic … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs
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“The Old Guns Are ….”
Someone sent me this record of the musings of an Army veteran on the time he had a little while ago with his son, A US Marine veteran of Iraq. It is straight soldier talk. No BS, no "prettying up" … Continue reading
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“The Man Who Outlived His Lieutenant” Farrell
By Alan Farrell Download the_man_who_outlived_his_lieutenant.pdf
“The Boobie Pledge of Subservience” Murry
By Michael Murry Download the_boobie_pledge_of_subservience.pdf
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Chalabi-Rice-Cheney?
"In a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, questioned "how this man, who gave us such misleading information before the invasion of Iraq, now under active investigation for endangering American troops, is now the toast of the … Continue reading
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