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Old Empires Flexing Muscles: China, Russia spying on U.S.

Published by Foehammer 1 year, 2 months ago in U.S. National Security, Russia, United States and China.

Filed under the “Trust no one” category and going right along with some of my thoughts from earlier this year and weapons caches found in the hands of our enemies, from the Pamela Hess via the AP:

China and Russia are spying on the United States nearly as much as they did during the Cold War, according to the top U.S. intelligence official.

Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, says in testimony prepared for a Tuesday congressional hearing that a law passed last month expanding the U.S. government’s eavesdropping power is needed to protect not just against terrorists but also against more traditional potential adversaries, such as those two Cold War foes.

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Commentary Too Serious to Ignore

Published by Foehammer 4 years, 3 months ago in Opinion, Eurabia, Islam, Islam in Africa, Al Qaeda and United States.

You must read this United Press International commentary By Arnaud de Borchgrave:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (UPI) – Before we convince ourselves al-Qaida’s down for the count, look at the stats.

Number of Islamist extremists in the world, as estimated by moderate Muslim leaders, about 12 million. Number of fundamentalist sympathizers: 120 million. That’s one and 10 percent of the world’s Muslim population of 1.2 billion. Then there’s the number who trust Osama Bin Laden more than President Bush: a majority in Muslim countries whose populations total 450 million.

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