Successive U.S. administrations’ failure to stop al-Qaida helped facilitate the 9/11 attacks. Targeting the World Trade Center, the symbol of U.S. financial might, bin Laden intended to destroy the U.S. financial markets and its economy. He failed. … [Read more...] about Will Financial Markets Suffer Next Attack?
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Muslim Brotherhood: Masters Of Deception
Most glaring is how the U.S. Administration is handling the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and elsewhere. The Brothers are pursuing disinformation in a highly unsophisticated manner, and don’t even take care not to contradict themselves. Top … [Read more...] about Muslim Brotherhood: Masters Of Deception
Bill To Counter Lawsuits Vs. Journalists Introduced
A bill introduced Aug. 2 in the U.S. Senate would enable news media to counter SLAPP suits filed to suppress their reporting. Sen. Jon Kyl, R–Ariz., introduced the Free Press Act of 2012 (S.B. 3493), a measure designed to protect the First Amendment … [Read more...] about Bill To Counter Lawsuits Vs. Journalists Introduced
Campus Hate Speech And Speech Codes
Many of the finest and most honest minds – conservative and liberal -- in and out of academia have argued, and sometimes succeeded, that campus speech codes often cross the line to suppression of First Amendment freedom of speech. The excesses in the … [Read more...] about Campus Hate Speech And Speech Codes
The Speech Act, A View From Abroad
The SPEECH Act [1] was enacted in 2010 and was intended to protect American authors and publishers from the risk of US judicial enforcement of defamation judgments rendered in less media-friendly jurisdictions – most often, England. In a nutshell, … [Read more...] about The Speech Act, A View From Abroad
Free Speech Is Still A Pipe Dream For British Writers
London, the host of the 2012 Olympics, has long since won the gold medal as the capital of “libel tourism”. I was made aware of this in 2004 when a libel suit was brought against me and my book Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed — and How to … [Read more...] about Free Speech Is Still A Pipe Dream For British Writers
Britain’s Half-Hearted Bid To Reform Libel Law
When my book “Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed — and How to Stop It ” was first published in New York in 2003, I never imagined that attempts to silence my work would emanate from London’s High Court rather than, say, Saudi Arabia. The book … [Read more...] about Britain’s Half-Hearted Bid To Reform Libel Law
The Jihadist March on Jerusalem
When it comes to publicity stunts designed to demonize Israel and attack the legitimacy of the Jewish state, the Palestinians are the undisputed media manipulators par excellence. Today's "Global March to Jerusalem" (GMJ) is a prime example. Just … [Read more...] about The Jihadist March on Jerusalem
A Tragic Death At Iraq’s Camp Liberty As MEK’s upporters Face Intimidation
On the eve of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, on March 20, Bardia Amir-Mostofian, a 44-year-old engineer, was praying in preparation for the celebrations, when he died of cardiac arrest in the abandoned, former US military base in Iraq known as Camp … [Read more...] about A Tragic Death At Iraq’s Camp Liberty As MEK’s upporters Face Intimidation
So, Who Was The 'Asian Head Of State' Who Supported Al-Qaeda?
So, Who Was the 'Asia Head of State' Who Supported Al-Qaeda? Find immediately below the URL for the latest story on the super-injunction controversy in which the Asian head of state's support of Al-Qaeda came up. It differs very little from the … [Read more...] about So, Who Was The 'Asian Head Of State' Who Supported Al-Qaeda?