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* Gitmo detainees get no appeal * Stennis sprints to Gulf * Shipbuilding plan making sense? * Raptors arrive in Japan * North Africa: new Al-Qaeda home? * STRATCOM chief: cyberwar strategy “dysfunctional” * Asteroids! Run!
(Big ups: RC)
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* Centcom targets bloggers * Blogger arrested for terrorist ties * Google Earth, Iraqi lifesaver * Bad turn in Beirut * 222 “chipped” * Atmospheric comms field-tested * Roger Morris vs. Rummy * WWI’s “Tin Noses Shop” * The “Circus of Detention” * Joel Johnson 1, gadget geeks 0 * Flipper to the rescue * Quantum ‘puter demo * Nick testifies * Raptors break Axe’s heart
(Big ups: BP, RC, AT)
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* Nork nuke pact? * Must read #1: Iraq’s four wars * Must read #2: NSA cyber-hunter, losing the scent * Illuminati selling Q-branch stock * Iran unveils stealthy drone * FBI’s secret laptops gone * Fallen soldier is a new dad * Turbine on a chip * Ospreys grounded * The science of Godzilla * New camo: gravy!
(Big ups: EM, BB, RC, MO, JQ)
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* Sea Knight down; 5th copter in 18 days (background) * Double the IEDs in Iraq * Air war picks up; 10K CAS missions in ’06 * Early, bad “signs” for would-be killer astronaut… * … her sudden descent * Yikes! Giant cyberattack * Israel talking up Iran strike * All kinds of fraud at spy sat agency * Missile shield growing * Shady NSA spook caught * Shocker! Max Boot making sense * Next-gen body armor, yours for only $10K * Hellloooooo, Miss Atom! * 2nd chance at space * “Tactical assault hand signals”
(Big ups: PG, AT, JQ, RC, Drudge, Blackfive)
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* Astronaut kidnap! * “Pimp my cascade” * Africa Command stands up * MRE = malnutrition? * Friendly fire cockpit vid * GoogleMaps spies Blackbird * NYT eyes orbital debris * Contractors gobbling up the gov’t * “The briefcase that changed the world” * Raptor to Japan? * “La la la la la! I can’t hear you!”
(Big ups: RC, MA, Dad)
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* Pentagon’s tank-sized budget (more to come, later today) * McMaster, Kilcullen in Petraeus “dream team” * Troops uncover uniform stash in Iraq * Anbar’s “baking tray” bombs * NYT flies Iraqi air (background) * Milblogging king deploys, again * Welcome home celebrations cut * Surfers’ nuke tech * Plea deal in MySpace murder (background) * Mars too far for people? * Dodgy reports on space station * “Big Barda’s” purse stolen (background) * Israel’s new spysat * Saudis ban the letter X * More mercs for Iraq * Arms control wonks cry in their mojitos
(Big ups: RC, AG, AT)
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* Pentagon budget $30B short * Gloomy intel estimate for Iraq * DHS won’t give locals terror info * $10K rewards to dis global warning * Israel picks rocket defense * DoD finagles casualty count * Boston, city of wimps * Conventional Tridents, extra dead (background) * Spec Ops’ pack mules * Tax man kills space dream * Blackfive vs. Arkin * Pic: comet, Southern Lights * Flying car just around the corner… for the 384958736479th time
(Big ups: RC, EH)
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* House GOP: space weapons, please * Sat-killer history * Bush: “That satellite that was blown out of the sky… The Chinese didn’t do it. Cheney was out hunting again.” * Security woes at NSA listening post? * Nuke cage match: Wonk duo vs. Weekly Standard * “Richter Scale for the Information Revolution” * Pic: F-15s, MiG-29s duel * Fallon flunks testimony * Suuuuuuuuuuure… G.I. Daddy dolls “ease burden”
(Big ups: TH, Wonkette)
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* AQ big offed in Madagascar * Gonzales turning over domestic spy docs? * Vid: Sea Launch explosion * Tehran behind G.I. kidnapping? * …Roggio had the story last week * More Iranian bombs in Iraq (background) * “Rogue U.S. attack on Brit convoy?” * Big corruption in Iraqi police training * Sadr’s rope-a-dope * Congress slams Los Alamos… * …Deepwater cutters up next (background) * Cold-case cops turn to YouTube * Plea deal in MySpace murder * 1672 “folding camera” comes to life * Inside Putin’s jet
(Big ups: BB, DG, RC, EM, Hambling)
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* Massive battle in Najaf * Another U.S. copter down * G.I.s in last week’s crash, remembered * Audio: Reporter’s Iraq heartbreak * Tehran closes in * 770 contractors dead since invasion * Pentagon’s trash = cops’ treasure * China hits target… on 43rd street * Remote pilot crashes Predator * THAAD hits again * “Homebrew AT-ST walker teaches itself” * Israeli military blocked missile-finder? * USAF chief protects his purse
(Big ups: RC, AMP, Haninah)
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