Author: David Adesnik

By Feb 20,2009

Google Earth shows US base in Pakistan

Picking up on Mr. Donadio’s post, I thought I’d link to this story in Slate, which describes how Google Earth accidentally confirmed Sen. Feinstein’s comments about the US having secret...

By Feb 20,2009

America secretly popular in Asia

There’s a front-page story in today’s WaPo about Hillary Clinton’s listening tour in Asia. Not often reported, but included toward the end of this story, is a bit of data...

By Feb 19,2009

Egypt releases Ayman Nour

Mr. Nour is the country’s most prominent democracy advocate. He was imprisoned in 2005. NYT: Mr. Nour’s imprisonment ended Egypt’s brief experiment with allowing opposition politics to flourish. His Al...

By Feb 19,2009

Obama’s war on terror

Not so different from Bush’s? Analysis from the NYT and John McCormack. UPDATE: More good analysis on this subject from Eli Lake.