by Kendall Strong | Jul 11, 2014 | Monitor
Kurds withdraw support, leaving Iraq without a president Mark Tran / Guardian Deepening rift between Kurds and prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, also causes loss of foreign, trade and health ministers, after the prime minister accused them of harboring terrorists in...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Feb 13, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe You’ve got to wonder what sensitive subjects German Chancellor Angela Merkel was foolishly discussing on her cell phone before Edward Snowden’s revelations confirmed what any seasoned national leader takes for granted: countries spy on allies...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Nov 3, 2013 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Years ago when I was educational exchanges officer in the Cultural Section of the US Embassy in Moscow, the KGB routinely bugged our apartments as well as the Embassy. We were also surrounded by a phalanx of KGB operatives who “worked for us”...
by goodall | Feb 13, 2008 | Government, Media, Politics, Popular Culture, Surveillance, technology
By Bud Goodall Pardon my rant. I say that in advance but without apology. Today’s New York Times article about the United States Senate vote to approve President Bush’s plan to grant legal protection to telephone companies for cooperating with illegal...
