Robert Hossal

In case you missed it: What’s been in the news? 0

In case you missed it: What’s been in the news?

Joshua Foust, who writes the excellent Registan.net blog, testified before the Senate about intelligence community contractors (his full comments are available in the link).  Meanwhile, Irvin Charles McCullough III promises to look into the...

Regime change on the cheap? 0

Regime change on the cheap?

The cost incurred by the US in the Libyan intervention has been $896 million through July 31st. Gaddafi appears to be standing on the precipice of defeat, with rebels at the doorstep of his...

The Janitor was right all along 0

The Janitor was right all along

I like to keep a TV show on in the background as I work, since I find the background noise less distracting than music but more reassuring than silence. Thanks to dual monitors and...

On Social Media & Sock-Puppetry 0

On Social Media & Sock-Puppetry

There appears to be a sophisticated social media campaign supporting the Bahraini government on Twitter. Several sock puppet accounts purporting to be ordinary Bahraini citizens are following defense bloggers & policy wonks and tweeting...