Way back when, the intelligence community operated under a simple rule. Disagreements over analysis were worked out in private and when the community spoke, it was with one voice. Ah, for the good old days. Unfortunately, in today's "leak culture," analysts--and the agencies that employ them--are an...

Marketing There’s still more news coming from Disney’s American Idol Experience this week. A commercial for the attraction ran during tonight’s airing of American Idol. The tagline was “You can be part of the next Cinderella Story”, which is the same message they’...

James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ago, allegedly had a cache of radioactive materials in his home suitable for building a “dirty bomb.� According to an FBI field intelligence report from the Washington Regional Threat and Analysis Center posted online by ...

The FBI said Saturday it is receiving more and more tips about suspicious activities and items as the inauguration approaches, though there have been no specific or credible threats. “The closer you get to the event, the more threat streams come in. People become a little bit more aware and wa...

Athena's birthday is in April, as I watch this January sunset, make spaghetti, and wonder how I live in a world where total strangers could have bullied me so badly I let her go? Am I such a bad mother I let another insecure woman allege again three months ago I was neglecting my son because (again)...

There’s only a week left in the Bush Administration.  Some remaining appointees are probably feeling a bit left behind since it will be hard to find new jobs in this economy.  However, the departing team has received kudos from many in a number of areas as they try to have an effective transitio...

The nervous woman in a gray suit clicked on a photo lineup on an overhead screen labeled “Jihadi Martyrs.” It flashed to mug shots of men with names like Abu Issa, an Al Qaeda recruiter, and Abu Jabber, a trainer. A man in one photograph was pointing a machine gun. “They are all me...

The marquee. The American Idol Experience Attraction is currently in cast member previews at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and no photos are allowed. That means it’s very difficult to get pictures of the theater and set design. I hear the design looks just like the real thing from the popul...

Chris Llewellyn was staring out the window of Delta Airlines Flight #110, watching the landscape of Los Angeles rise up toward the plane, when he heard the screams of a flight attendant: “Help me! Help me!” Turning quickly, he saw that a passenger had pushed the attendant to the floor an...

Although no credible or specific threat is being reported or investigated, the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is no doubt an attractive target for both international and domestic terrorists. According to AP sources,  an internal intelligence assessment, says the high visibility of the event,...