Syrian Puzzle
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Syria: Arming the Rebels
Thursday 13 June 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: Danielle Pletka, AEI, in re: Syria, arming the rebels, Congressional testimony. Had the US president had the courage of his convictions hen initially he aid Assad had to go, perhaps we could have avoided the civil war, not had al Q introduced, not had...0
Snowden: The Hong Kong Angle
Thursday 13 June 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Ilaria Maria Sala, Hong Kong Star, debarking from a HK ferry, in re: Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old U.S. contractor who says he leaked details of an electronic surveillance program, may be seeking legal help in Hong Kong after checking out of a hotel in...0
Australian Election or Food Fight?
Thursday 13 June 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board; John Roskam, Exec Dir, Institute of Public Affairs, Australia, in re: Julia Gillard. Opposition Liberal party distributes menu mocking PM Gillard, esp portions of her anatomy. Gillard called for the oppo...0
China & Snowden: Quid Pro Quo?
Gordon Chang, in re: People on the run from Uncle Sam don’t go to jurisdictions that have extradition treaties with the US; Snowden went to China (a/a/ Hong Kong); has basically defected to China. The mayor of Hong Kong, C Y Leung, works for Beijing. Controlled from the top down: Politburo...0
China's Gathering Economic Storm
Wednesday 12 June 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: Charles K Ortel, managing director of Newport Value Partners, in re: COMMODITIES-Oil, copper fall, leading markets down on China data Emerging mkts slowed. US rocked by concern w Bernanke and Fed cutting back on QE3. This sluggishness has spread...0
The Snowden Identity
Monday 10 June 2013 / Hour 2, Block C: Larry Johnson, NoQuarter, in re: Snowden flees to Hong Kong with a lot of intellectual property of US citizens. What does the info mean"? WH has no comment. (Joe Rochefort + a team of cryptographers in Hawaii broke the Japanese code, allowed the US to go...0
Economic Stumbling Blocks
Monday 11 June 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio, in re: Jared Bernstein & Jimmy Pethakoukis discussion; SF Fed. In 2014, the US could grow at 3%, but will be 2% growth because increased taxes are promised – and will constitute 90% of the...0
Q Group in Pursuit of Snowden
Monday 11 June 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: Eli Lake, senior national security correspondent, Newsweek/Daily Beast, in re: Q Group has been looking for Ed Snowden since early May, when he went missing. Inside the ‘Q Group,’ the Directorate Hunting Down Edward Snowden The top-secret ‘Q Group’ has...0
Scandal Fatigue?
Lara M Brown, political analyst and author; Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review & Pirates fan, in re: Mr Snowden, not answering his phones while camped in a five-star hotel in Hong Kong; so many scandals, not enough hands to keep up with them. State and perps: CBS reports allegations...0
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