What would Iran’s nuclear weapons mean for the United States?

I am sure that my readers have all been watching this week Iran’s missile tests. Iran launched a series of missiles to demonstrate its capability to deliver warheads at medium-range distances (2000 km). While there is some dispute as to how many missiles it has launched over the last three days - the message from [...]

GTMO Detainee gone Insane - can’t appear before the US Tribunals

London, UK (International Herald Tribune: William Glaberson, April 27, 2008) Next month, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who was once a driver for Osama bin Laden, could become the first detainee to be tried for war crimes in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By now, he should be busily working on his defense.

But his lawyers say he [...]