We didn't just kill Osama bin Laden last weekend -- we may have dealt a
decisive blow to the Al Qaeda command structure: Osama bin Laden raid yields
trove of computer data.
> The assault force of Navy SEALs snatched a trove of computer drives and
disks during their weekend raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, yielding what a
U.S. official called "the mother lode of intelligence."
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> The special operations forces grabbed personal computers, thumb drives and
electronic equipment during the lightning raid that killed bin Laden,
officials told POLITICO.
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> "They cleaned it out," one official said. "Can you imagine what's on Osama
bin Laden's hard drive?"
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Monday, May 2, 2011
A Craggy Norwegian Couloir with Miikka Hast and Mitch Toelderer
Miikka Hast and Mitch Toelderer explore Norway's Tamok valley and come upon a steep, narrow and crag-framed couloir.
Video: Icicle Creek Kayaking from Icicle.tv
Dave Moroles gave me a heads up about this�really nicely done Icicle�Creek kayaking video�from the Icicle.tv site.� It’s also a great site to find�all kinds of�videos about outdoor activities in the Leavenworth-Wenatchee area. Icicle Creek Kayaking - Leavenworth Wa from Skipow Visuals on Vimeo. This video is mostly Marco Colella and Rob McKibbin (I guess [...]
Years Ago, Sarah Palin Was Recruited As A Moderate
In the early 1990s, the political establishment in Wasilla, Alaska, enlisted Palin as a moderate counterweight to the growing anti-government, anti-tax movement. The establishment ended up regretting it.
DeMint Urges No Increase in Debt Limit (Taegan Goddard's Political Wire)
Sen. James DeMint (R-SC) writing in the Greenville News:
"Debt increase advocates are misleading the public when they say fiscal
catastrophe will result from a failure to increase the debt ceiling. They are
using scare tactics to keep up their big-borrowing and spending sprees, just
like they did to justify their Wall Street and mortgage bailouts. The Chicken
Little claims that a debt ceiling lapse would mean the nation's creditors will
not be paid are simply not true."
He concludes: "If we choose to surrender to the debt, instead of fighting it,
it will surely lead to our demise."
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"Debt increase advocates are misleading the public when they say fiscal
catastrophe will result from a failure to increase the debt ceiling. They are
using scare tactics to keep up their big-borrowing and spending sprees, just
like they did to justify their Wall Street and mortgage bailouts. The Chicken
Little claims that a debt ceiling lapse would mean the nation's creditors will
not be paid are simply not true."
He concludes: "If we choose to surrender to the debt, instead of fighting it,
it will surely lead to our demise."
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New Republic: The Al-Qaida Story Ends With A Death
President Obama announced late Sunday night that the U.S. armed forces had killed Osama bin Laden. David Greenberg of The New Republic notes how in the public mind, the war against al-Qaida has always been an unfolding story, one that has now ended with the death of its protagonist.
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