Author Archives: Mash

General Hayden Moves The Line And Spends A Bundle

Posted on May 18, 2006 by Mash

On October 17, 2002 General Michael Hayden, then director of the National Security Agency, spoke in prepared remarks in front of a joint hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. General … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Politics | 8 Comments

Verizon and BellSouth: Signal-To-Noise Ratio

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Mash

The prospect of a $200 billion class action lawsuit has the effect of clearing the mind and clouding the facts. After the initial shock of the USA Today report on collection of domestic phone records by the NSA wore off … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Politics | 11 Comments

Bangladeshis Held At Guantanamo Bay

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Mash

The Pentagon has released the names of all detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002. The list contains information on 759 Muslim detainees from Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. The list also includes two Bangladeshi citizens. The two Bangladeshis are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bangladesh, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International | 7 Comments

The (Next To) Last Gasp Of a Desperate Presidency

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Mash

President Bush looked at the polls that he doesn’t read and thought he found the escape hatch. The idea was simple enough: Find an issue, any issue, that will distract the American public from the carnage in Iraq, the scandals … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Politics | 11 Comments

Senator Frist Leaks Classified Information On National Television

Posted on May 14, 2006 by Mash

Behold the intelligence of the man who wants to be your next President. Today on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, Senator Bill Frist confirmed the existence of the NSA phone records collection program first revealed by USA Today. The following … Continue reading →

Posted in Constitution, Politics | 8 Comments