Author: David Adesnik
By David Adesnik • 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 David Adesnik • 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 David Adesnik • 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 David Adesnik • 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.