Current Intelligencehttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/en-GB2009-06-24T00:18:41ZSquarespace Site Server v5.5.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Evangelizing Them Out Of Their Holeshttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/23/evangelizing-them-out-of-their-holes.htmlMike Innes2009-06-23T20:38:25ZWar & Peace ideas identity religion warsuggest]]>Original Robotshttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/21/original-robots.htmlMike Innes2009-06-21T07:37:34ZCulture & Technology fiction literature media roboticsAmos Guiora on Israeli Administrative Detentionhttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/21/amos-guiora-on-israeli-administrative-detention.htmlKenneth Anderson2009-06-21T01:24:56ZWar & Peace criminology law terrorismCTLab readers might be interested in checking out the very interesting series of posts on administrative detention on the Israeli legal model at the international law blog Opinio Juris. Professor Guiora (Univ of Utah law faculty) was an Israeli JAG officer for 19 years, and is able to bring a detailed expertise to the comparative issues of detention in counterterrorism. I raise a question to him about how comparable the US and Israeli and European situations are from a legal and strategic standpoint. Start here and scroll upwards for the posts.

]]>Who's Running the Show?http://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/20/whos-running-the-show.htmlMike Innes2009-06-20T22:03:47ZWar & Peace doctrine insurgency intervention security strategy warDR on the incoming Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), US Navy Admiral James Stavridis. Axe makes some interesting points about the relevance of Stavridis' narco-busting experience in South America, but what struck me was how details about his and General Stanley McChrystal's respective roles have gotten garbled.]]>David Rohde Escapes Taliban Captivityhttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/20/david-rohde-escapes-taliban-captivity.htmlMike Innes2009-06-20T21:39:38ZHeadlines journalism warnot reported since late 2008 has been the abduction of NYT reported and Pulitzer winner David Rohde while researching a book in Afghanistan. Rohde escaped from captivity yesterday, after being held for seven months. The NYT:]]>Mapping The Arabic Blogospherehttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/20/mapping-the-arabic-blogosphere.htmlMike Innes2009-06-20T06:32:06ZCulture & Technology identity media visualization webCar Bomb Kills Police Official In Spainhttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/19/car-bomb-kills-police-official-in-spain.htmlMike Innes2009-06-19T16:43:52ZHeadlines crime law security terrorism

MADRID — Spanish authorities blamed the Basque separatist group ETA for a car bomb that killed a police inspector Friday when it exploded in a town near Bilbao, in northern Spain. The inspector, Eduardo Pueyes García, was in his car in a parking lot in the Santa Elena neighborhood of Arrigorriaga, about six miles south of Bilbao, when it blew up just after 9 a.m., a spokesman for the Basque regional police said. The spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity under police rules, said, “The characteristics of the attack pointed to it being the work of ETA.”

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]]>Pakistan's "Invisible Refugees"http://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/18/pakistans-invisible-refugees.htmlMike Innes2009-06-18T19:57:17ZWar & Peace cities humanitarianism identity warGuard Of Key Terror Witness Killed In Greecehttp://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/18/guard-of-key-terror-witness-killed-in-greece.htmlMike Innes2009-06-18T19:48:49ZPolitics & Society crime identity security terrorismWhere Do Security Concerns Stop?http://www.terraplexic.org/current-intelligence/2009/6/18/where-do-security-concerns-stop.htmlKenneth Anderson2009-06-18T15:47:34ZPolitics & Society economics governance policy politics security