Iran may have sent Libya shells for chemical weapons
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 21st, 2011 5:35 am by HL
Iran may have sent Libya shells for chemical weapons
The Obama administration is investigating whether Iran supplied the Libyan government of Moammar Gaddafi with hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons that Libya kept secret for decades, U.S. officials said.
The shells, which Libya filled with highly toxic mustard agent, were uncovered in recent weeks by revolutionary fighters at two sites in central Libya. Both are under heavy guard and round-the-clock surveillance by drones, U.S. and Libyan officials said.
Technology companies see ‘monster opportunity’ in federal shift to Apple, Google phones
Citrix Systems and Juniper Networks are among the technology vendors that could benefit from a U.S. government search for ways to secure Apple’s smartphones and tablet computers for the use of federal employees.
Apple’s devices, along with those using Google’s Android software, are drawing interest from U.S. agencies responding to a workforce that increasingly wants an alternative to the Research in Motion BlackBerrys that have long dominated the federal market.
President Obama’s base of support remains solid heading into 2012
Everyone knows that President Obama has a problem with his political base heading into 2012. Except that he doesn’t.
One of the most persistent story lines for the president has been that the liberal left has grown increasingly dissatisfied with his actions (or inaction) on some of its priorities — including single-payer health insurance, the extension of the George W. Bush tax cuts and whether to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Romney: ‘Confidentiality of strategy’ is key
PETERBOROUGH, N.H. – The golden rule of Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign just might be this: “confidentiality of strategy.”
Romney’s advisers sometimes marvel at how intimately involved the candidate is in charting out his path to the Republican presidential nomination. But ask the former Massachusetts governor what his strategy is and he won’t say.
