Archive for February 6th, 2008
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Loose Prisoners, Loose Nukes?
I have a piece running at Pajamas Media: Let's Hope Pakistan's Nukes Are More Secure Than its Prisoners.
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf clearly doesn’t like being asked about terrorists who “escape” his police force’s custody. This does not inspire Annie Jacobsen’s confidence…
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Update: Make That Five Cable Cuts
Five, undersea telecommunication cables have been confirmed as cut. From Khaleej Times:
A total of five cables being operated by two submarine cable operators have been damaged with a fault in each. These are SeaMeWe-4 (South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe-4) near Penang, Malaysia, the FLAG Europe-Asia near Alexandria, FLAG near the Dubai coast, FALCON near Bandar […]
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Herd of White Elephants: 4th Undersea Cable is Cut
In the ancient world, owning a white elephant made a King look good. In truth, the white elephant was a major liability for the palace. The food and upkeep for the white elephant vastly outweighed its usefulness to the King, so really it was a liability. But the King was stuck; he'd already sold the […]