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Sure, al-Qaeda Wants to Attack the U.S. With WMD …

By | 01.26.10 | 11:50 am

Rolf Mowatt-Larsen, a longtime intelligence official who works at the nexus of al-Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction, writes that al-Qaeda “has been far more sophisticated in its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction than is commonly believed.” And there’s no reason whatsoever to disbelieve him. But what ought More…

Whistling Past Colin Powell’s Graveyard

By | 12.07.09 | 3:30 pm

From Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remarks at the unveiling of the State Department portrait of her predecessor, Colin Powell:

Colin Powell served as Secretary of State during a time of swift and far-reaching change, both for our nation and the world. His tenure began just a few weeks into

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Remembering Novak (the Rarely Mentioned Version)

By | 08.18.09 | 12:51 pm

Robert Novak, who died of brain cancer Tuesday at age 78, is being remembered this afternoon for his long career as a hard-nosed journalist; his much-relished Prince of Darkness persona; and his role in the scandal that found the Bush administration outing CIA operative Valerie Plame in order to discredit More…