http://www.TheAviationNation.com Annie Jacobsen's Blog Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:59:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Aviation Nation readers, Many people have emailed to ask why the posts here are less than average. For the time being, I am writing two regular columns: The Los Angeles Times Magazine "Back/Story by Annie Jacobsen."Pajamas Media: Annie Jacobsen on terrorism and national securityThank you for reading.   Share This ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/10/29/backstory-at-los-angeles-times/ My colleague, and one of my favorite human beings, Debra Burlingame, wrote to me yesterday:"Have started new project with Liz Cheney and Bill Kristol:Keep America Safe.com" Then she mentioned how the left was going nuts. Indeed, Maureen Dowd, of The New York Times, had nothing but mean spirited things to ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/10/15/debra-burlingame-keep-america-safe/ Trouble in Saudi Arabia: Al-Qaeda’s ‘Bum’ Assassination AttemptA suicide bomber almost managed to kill a heavily guarded Saudi prince, passing through several security checkpoints with a bomb hidden in his rectum.Interior Minister Prince Nayef of Saudi Arabia and his son, Deputy Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, have many enemies. ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/09/25/trouble-in-the-kingdom/ 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America lists all 2,976 men, women and children killed on 9/11 by name. Reading each name in silent memorial is a powerful experience.  Share This Article http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/09/11/911-remembrance/ "Kabul Lullaby: Making music in post-Taliban Afghanistan can be playing with fire" -- a story about the amazing double-bass virtuoso Dobbs Hartshorne playing Bach in Taliban territory -- is the editor's pick this month.You can read more about the work Dobbs Hartshorne does, at Bach with Verse. Share This Article http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/09/06/september-column-los-angeles-times-magazine/ From Mojave to the Moon by Annie Jacobsen With a moon touchdown in their sites, scientists and engineers gathered in California’s Mojave Desert to plan, design and eventually fly a futuristic contraption called the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle.Forty years ago this summer, three men—Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins—left ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/09/06/august-column-los-angeles-times-magazine/ Al-Qaeda and the Sahara. A suicide bomber attacks a French embassy in Mauritania in response to Sarkozy's stance on the burqa.Two French Agents Kidnapped in Somalia — Why Were They There? Two French intelligence agents, supposedly on a public mission without need for cover, get kidnapped while posing as journalists.Was ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/09/06/al-qaeda-threat-august-columns-for-pjm/ In Revenge of the ‘Shoe Bomber’ over at The Wall Street Journal, Debra Burlingame illuminates the shocking story of how terrorist Richard Reid has sued to resume his jihad from prison. And how the Obama administration has caved in to these bogus and outrageous demands.  Last May at the National ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/07/31/burlingame-on-shoe-bomber-fiasco/ The Daily Mail has a fascinating article on Hitler's plans for a stealth bomber -- decades before we developed radar absorbing coating with the A-12. From "Hitler's stealth bomber: How the Nazis were first to design a plane to beat radar:" Inventors Reimar and Walter Horten (at right) were inspired ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/07/28/hitlers-stealth-bomber/ The reports of the death of Sa'ad bin Laden -- son of Osama Bin Laden -- may or may not be greatly exaggerated, to borrow from Mark Twain. Yesterday, NPR first reported that he was allegedly killed in a drone attack in Pakistan several months ago. NPR quoted a source ... http://www.TheAviationNation.com/2009/07/23/us-drone-kills-bin-ladens-son-maybe/