In one of histories ironies, this week saw German prosecutors in Munich preparing arrest warrants for US CIA security service men and women. The arrest warrants included crew and passengers of an aircraft that flew a German national kidnap victim from Germany to Afghanistan where he was allegedly tortured and imprisoned for several months.
The irony of the arrest coming from Germany against the United States helps bring a sharp relief on Americas place and direction in the world just 60 plus years after the end of World War II. We can only wonder today if other war crimes committed since September 11, 2001 have been committed and if arrest warrants will actually flow from a true war crimes tribunal or if they will trickle out of other sovereign nations for as many years as Germany has seen similar proceedings occur with Nazi refugees.
The TSA and the Airline industry this week got into a big battle over airline safety. It would seem that a TSA inspector attempting to det...
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