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POPSWhy The US is Behind The Power Curve 
And building up the Afghan army and police relies on trust between our trainers and advisers and "their" Afghans -- as well as between Afghans themselves. Last year, we saw incident after incident in which a Taliban cadre within the Afghan security forces gunned down our officers at meetings (the Brits took a really bad hit), turned their weapons on our combat troops or, most devastatingly, blew themselves up when we embraced them as comrades. Don't let this weapon's low-tech nature fool you. This is the big one. President Obama's desperate "strategy" for Afghanistan relies on building trust -- between Afghans and their government, but above all on the security front. Our enemies have done what we refuse to do. They've analyzed the problem objectively and engineered ruthless solutions. And we won't even block their Internet sites. We make up fairy tales about the power of development projects to deter religious fanatics. We impose rules of engagement on our troops that
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POPSGet your US ITIN number Apply online for a US ITIN number. International service for nonresidents of the USA that do not qualify for a Social Security number but need a tax processing number for the IRS. IRS approved agency.
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POPSMilitary Scrambles Jets Because of Unruly Airline Passenger Man on Hawaiian Airlines Flight is Questioned for Threatening Note, Refusal to Stow Bag The Oregon Air National Guard scrambled two F-15 fighter jets after a passenger on a Hawaiian Airlines jet to Maui refused to let go of his carryon bag and passed what was described as a "disturbing note" to a flight attendant. NORAD may be required to monitor, shadow, divert from flight path, direct to land and/or destroy platforms deemed a potential threat to North America. The passenger, a 56-year-old man from Salem, Ore., was eventually released without being charged after he was questioned by the FBI. NORAD's mission -- in close collaboration with homeland defense, security, and law enforcement partners -- is to prevent air attacks against North America, safeguard the sovereign airspaces of the United States and Canada by responding to unknown, unwanted and unauthorized air activity approaching and operating within these airspaces .....
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POPSA Little Something To Write The DOJ About
Concerned about bringing Blackwater to justice and pehaps, open up a few cans-o-worms for public scrutiny and entertainment while setting a legal precedent for both corporate and government adherence to rule of law? Write the DOJ and let them know you're watching. More from the article below: "Judge Ricardo Urbina of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed charges against the guards on Dec. 31, saying prosecutors had misused protected statements the guards gave during an internal review of the September 2007 shooting in Iraq. Urbina’s decision followed more than three weeks of closed-door court hearings. National Security Division trial attorneys Joseph Kaster and Michael Dittoe said in the Jan. 5 filing that the Justice Department is not opposed to releasing redacted versions of post-hearing memos. “Such a procedure would properly balance the First Amendment concerns with the rights of the parties and victims to a fair trial,” they said in court papers."
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POPSMYG | Obama seeks answers for Christmas Day terror misfire President Barack Obama says the failed Christmas Day airliner attack shows 'a potentially disastrous' failures in which the U.S. intelligence community had enough information to connect the dots ahead of time but didn't. (Jan. 5) ___ http://google.twi.bz/wv ___ http://me.twi.bz/p | http://altacities.com
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POPSDemocrats Cut National Counterterrorism Center Budget problems. So who would authorize such a dangerous change in national security priorities? President Obama and his national security advisor John Brennan, of course. No word on how much of the remaining funds were diverted to Global Warming and H1N1 (as dictated by the recent National Intelligence Strategy produced by Team Obama). Sort of puts the lie to the claims the current administration is doing all it can to defend this nation and its people. BTW, those cuts should have gone into effect on October 1, 2009. There is also this reporting out on how thin the staffing is at NCTC: President Obama is scheduled to meet on Tuesday afternoon with 20 of his security advisers to receive the results of two inquiries into how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab snuck a bomb onto Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day …
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POPSEXCLUSIVE: MillBlogger Michael Yon Detained, Handcuffed by TSA in Seattle Airport Yon was escorted to a room elsewhere in the airport where he said he remained silent during much of the questioning. According to Yon, “they handcuffed me for failing to cooperate. They said I was impeding their ability to do their job.” Yon described the TSA officials as noticeably frustrated by his refusal to answer their questions: “I always assume everything is being recorded. I was trying to be professional.” Yon continued, “They said I wasn’t under arrest, but I’m handcuffed. In any other country, that qualifies as an arrest.” Ultimately Port Authority police released Yon; according to Yon, the police were “completely professional.” In January of 2009, Yon’s article “Border Bullies” detailed a Homeland Security officer coercing a friend to give up her e-mail password so that he could read private email correspondences between her and Yon. Regarding the incident in Seattle, Yon was adamant that the TSA agents had overstepped their bounds:
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POPSJapan declares war in the Antarctic, sink whale-killing protest ship The Japanese have been hunting whales in a protected wild-life sanctuary for years, and every year the opposition gets bigger. Both sides play tough, but the sides are not evenly matched. What's annoying is that the Japanese pretend that the hunting and killing of whales is for "scientific" purposes.
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POPSMichael Yon "Arrested" At Seattle Airport! 1.5.2010 Military Blogger Michael Yon Arrested In Seattle By Airport Security For Not Answering Questions Questions about his income. Which is related to flight security how, exactly? From his Facebook page: Got arrested at the Seattle airport for refusing to say how much money I make. (The uniformed ones say I was not “arrested”, but they definitely handcuffed me.) Their videos and audios should show that I was polite, but simply refused questions that had nothing to do with nationalsecurity. Port authority police eventually came"they were professionals"and rescued me from the border bullies. From a separate entry: When they handcuffed me, I said that no country has ever treated me so badly. Not China. Not Vietnam. Not Afghanistan. Definitely not Singapore or India or Nepal or Germany, not Brunei, not Indonesia, or Malaysia, or Kuwait or Qatar or United Arab Emirates.
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POPSRevealing Photo “Shortly after 9/11, particularly because as we’re talking about the Iraq War, that became a substitute for I think true patriotism, which is speaking out on issues that are of importance to our national security, I decided I won’t wear that pin on my chest.” Of course he readopted false patriotism later in the campaign when he figured out he’d need some to get elected, but he’s been elected, he’s president now, and he can do whatever he wants. Maybe now that he is president, it is real patriotism. But I’m going to guess that, much like giving a nod in speeches to America’s history of sacrifice in defense of freedom and the nation’s ongoing interests and obligations in that regard, this is one of those presidential things he just has to do.I kind of wish he’d speak out more on issues that are of importance to our national security , though. I’ve noticed lately that getting him to do that is like pulling teeth, and usually only done when it can’t be avoided ......
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POPSChertoff's misguided Advocacy?????? BostonGlobe) - WASHINGTON – Since the attempted bombing of a US airliner on Christmas Day, former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has given dozens of media interviews touting the need for the federal government to buy more full-body scanners for airports.
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POPSFury over explosives 'smuggling' A Garda source said: "It seems his bag was picked randomly - he is not in any trouble with us. We have verified the whole thing through proper police channels and security chiefs in the Slovak authorities." One security source said: "If that much explosive was detonated, it would cause serious damage, it would kill if it went off in a plane - it's an unbelievable mistake. "It doesn't bear thinking about to put that kind of explosive on a plane, unaccounted for." Seven passengers were stopped as they went through scanning machines while the electrician unwittingly evaded checks at Poprad Tatry and made it to Dublin. He was carrying 4oz (about 90 grams) of the explosive material.
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POPSFace the Voters Bob Schieffer of Face The Nation ~ http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/FTN_010310.pdf?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea Really, what have the Obami done well? Not the stimulus plan. Not crafting a popular and coherent health-care bill. And not instilling confidence that there are competent people who can, when bombarded with intelligence, put it together to prevent an attack or even craft a policy designed to extract information after an attack. But Bob Schieffer, not exactly a fire-breathing conservative, really laid into the Obami. The problem is not only competence but also trust. The Democrats are consumed with political spin even on national security. He notes that Janet Napolitano was getting hammered but explains that this is a symptom of a bigger issue: But she was just following the modern bipartisan public relations template in this age of information management. First, play down the problem.
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POPSGetting Serious About Airline Security indicates we are beginning to move in this direction. I hope so. Keeping bad people"off of airplanes; Concentrate efforts on identifying Higher Risk Passengers for Greater Screening http://bit.ly/4n78Lu
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