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Memo to Americans Spying for Another Country or Considering It

Keith Thomson | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: On the Ground 2008, Egypt, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Jordan, Hungary, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, The Philippines, Iraq, China, South Africa, The United Kingdom, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Al-Qaeda, Russia, Austria, Greece, Germany, Relationships, Ghana, Spying, Liberia, Japan, El Salvador, France, Ecuador, South Korea, Poland, Libya, Israel, Cuba, North Korea, Politics News
Keith Thomson

A recent Defense Department report cites cases of 173 Americans arrested between 1947 and 2007 for passing state secrets to al-Qaeda, China, Egypt, Cuba, Poland, Germany, Russia, North Korea, France, among others.

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Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 11.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Renault, Chrysler, France, Suv, Cars, Spain, Prague, Ford, London, Madrid, Liverpool, General Motors, Japanese Cars, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Brussels, Zaragoza, Asia, Belgium, Hungary, Sweden, Czech Republic, Berlin, Saabs, Renault Nissan, Member of Parliament, Gm, Volvo, British, Angela Merkel, Jeep, Japan, Europe, Opel, China, Antwerp, Business News
Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

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Rumors Of The Next Cold War

Judah Freed | Posted 08.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Europe, Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, Balance of World Power, Hitler, Czarist Empire, Germany, Washington Post, Natural Gas, Saakashvili, Turkey, Communist Revolution, Czarist Russia, Russia Georgia War, Medvedev, Machiavelli, Tajikistan, Fall of the Soviet Empire, India, Trans-Caucasus Pipeline, The Washington Post, Russian Empire, Free Markets, Nazi Germany, Caspian Sea, World History, Oil Pipeline, Market Reforms, Napoleon, Azeri Chirag Gunashli Oil Fields, Putin, Iran, Kgb, Nato, 1917, Financial TImes, Balance of Power, Ukraine, Missile Defense Shield, Russia, Collapse of the Soviet Empire, Caucasus Mountains, World Power, Kazakhstan, Mikhail Saakashvili, Yeltsin, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Afghanistan, Mediterranean Sea, South Ossetia, Kremlin, Uzbekistan, Mt. Elbrus, Black Sea, France, Czar, Moscow, Georgia, Oil, Soviet Empire, New York Times, Realpolitik, Alexander Yeltsin, China. 1917 Communist Revolution, Cease-Fire, Baku, Shevardnadze, Turkmenistan, Ceyhan, Kygyzstan, Azerbaijan, Sudetenland, Tbilisi, Machiavellian, Balkan, Home News
Judah Freed

No matter how subtly the conquest happens, Russian control of Georgia would amount to an historic shift in the balance of power -- especially as long as the world economy is fueled by oil.

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Obama Still Does Not Know His Place

Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Annapolis, Islam, Bill Clinton, Germany, Michelle Obama, John McCain, Hewlett-Packard, Pakistan, Czechoslovakia, George W. Bush, Campaign Finance, Cindy McCain, Oregon, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Harvard, Foreign Affairs, Carly Fiorina, Republican Party, Senate, African-American Issues, John McCain Gaffe, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

What angers John McCain and bemuses many traditional observers is how unflappable Barack Obama remains in public, no matter how condescending the attacks.

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Gaffe, Gop, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Speech, Giants, Atlas, Pakistan, Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Free Speech, Whine, Canada, Democratic, Iraq, Campaign, National Convention, Minimum Wage, Redskins, Oil Spill, 2008, Midotw, Victory Column, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic National Convention, Mississippi, Risk, Dncc, Tiergarten, John McCain, Germany, Football, Whiny, Oil Rig, Democrat, 2008 Elections, Democratic National Convention Committee, 08, Photo-Op, Nfl, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Senior Moment, Presidential, Elections, Desperation, Free Speech Zones, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, Talking Heads, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, Afghanistan, Burning Down the House, Mississippi River, Democrat-Lite, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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A Sublime Moment For Cable TV -- Chris Matthews interviewing Kevin James On Appeasement

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 05.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Iran, Nazis, Neville Chamberlain, Kevin James, Czechoslovakia, Israel, Mark Green, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Appeasement, Media News
Thomas de Zengotita

Chris Matthews did it Thursday night. He transcended his medium. It isn't just an insight into Kevin James personally -- it's the whole know-nothing culture of jingoistic absolute conviction he represents.

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My Dual Citizenship: Why Did the Media Get It So Wrong?

Martina Navratilova | Posted 03.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Citizenship, Martina Navratilova, Women's Tennis, Dual Citizenship, U.S. Citizenship, Martina, Tennis, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Media News
Martina Navratilova

I live here, I vote here, I pay my taxes here and yes, I do my jury duty. Any reports stating I am leaving and most of all, denouncing my American citizenship, are simply not true.

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