Category Archives: National Security and Defense

Snowden’s Leak

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa A young man, Edward Joseph Snowden, not yet 30, intentionally made it his responsibility to inform his country of the scale and scope of post-9/11 American electronic surveillance in the United States and … Continue reading

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Benghazi Emails

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The White House released 100 pages of emails pertaining to talking points preparation for members of Congress about the Benghazi attacks. Ambassador J Christopher Stevens was determined to have most likely died of … Continue reading

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The North Korean Nuclear Threat

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Amidst movement at the United Nations toward toughest sanctions against North Korea, the North Korean proclamation to preemptively strike the United States should not be taken lightly. It is a threat because North … Continue reading

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United States: Comment On The 2013 State Of The Union

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa President Obama delivered his State of the Union address to the joint session of the United States Congress on February 12, 2013. He laid out his policy agenda for his second term in office … Continue reading

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Drones, Hangings And The Opaque War On Terror

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Afzal Guru of India and Ajmal Kasab of Pakistan have been hung by the neck to death for terrorism in India, after trials for waging war against India. Anwar Aulaqui and Samir Khan, both Americans, were droned … Continue reading

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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda And The Road To 9/11 By Lawrence Wright, A Film Review

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa I The Aspiration of Osama Bin Laden Surat An-Nisa, “Women” Sura 4 Verse 78 (4:78), Al-Quran To capture the fever at the epicenter of the struggle for the soul of Islam, Middle East … Continue reading

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Iran: The Aryan Nation, A Policy Memo To United States Congress And President Of The United States

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Former Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) General Michael V Hayden in the Tuesday, September 04, 2012 Elul 17, 5772 issue of Haaretz, the news from the land of Israel, as sent to me @1_776 … Continue reading

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United States of America: Anthros. Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Sunday, August 05, 2012

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Associated Press newswire have confirmed that the now dead culprit in the Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin – which comes on the heels of … Continue reading

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NASA’s One Billion Dollars For Commercial Space

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa The purpose of this copyrighted proprietary Transformations, LLC document is two fold: (a) provision technical advisory services to the three (3) contractors on the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) contract and … Continue reading

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United States: National Security Posture And Defense Budget

By Chandrashekar (Chandra) Tamirisa, (On Twitter) @c_tamirisa Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey was in California speaking, hosted by the Commonwealth Club and the Marines Memorial Association. As reported on Linkedin’s Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) group, … Continue reading

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