John Menick's Blog » “War on Terror” http://www.johnmenick.com Art, film, prose, and politics Thu, 17 May 2012 03:49:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Photo of the Day: Smile Tony Blair http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/photo-of-the-day-smile-tony-blair http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/photo-of-the-day-smile-tony-blair#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:30:24 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2007/02/21/photo-of-the-day-smile-tony-blair Via markthornhill.]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/photo-of-the-day-smile-tony-blair/feed 0 NYPD: Top Secret Auteurs http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/nypd-top-secret-auteurs http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/nypd-top-secret-auteurs#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:13:31 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2007/02/21/nypd-top-secret-auteurs eyewitnessvideo.jpg As a commenter on the Gothamist points out: "Imagine what would happen if this space-age surveillance and hardline police resources were put to use against actual terrorists, rather than bike-riding college kids."]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/nypd-top-secret-auteurs/feed 0 New York Times: Madrid Bombing Trial Opened to Streaming Video http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:29:51 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2007/02/21/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video article's photo. I guess those two lamps behind the talking head help matte in the background. It also looks as if here background is not a physical place at all, but an info-graphic.]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2007/02/new-york-times-madrid-bombing-trial-opened-to-streaming-video/feed 0 Some Links on Guantánamo http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/11/some-links-on-guantanamo http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/11/some-links-on-guantanamo#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:54:30 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2006/11/10/some-links-on-guantanamo Miami Herald writes, perhaps Rumsfeld's departure will help even more. Then again, can it get any worse than US officials denying access to their clients? From AP:
“If attorneys were kept from visiting Guantanamo, the only information regarding conditions there would be provided by the government,” said Joshua Colangelo-Bryan, a New York lawyer whose Bahraini client tried to commit suicide at Guantánamo last year as Colangelo-Bryan was visiting him.
(Also see Amnesty's page on the detention center, and their new project, Make Some Noise.)]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/11/some-links-on-guantanamo/feed 0 Attack of the Cyber-Hippies! http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/08/attack-of-the-cyber-hippies http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/08/attack-of-the-cyber-hippies#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:40:24 +0000 John Menick http://localhost/johnmenick/blog/2006/08/16/attack-of-the-cyber-hippies Kevin Poulsen’s post about a leaked Homeland Security war game involving so-called cyber-terrorism, and I still think this is the work of some insanely gifted parodist. In the Homeland Security scenario, who is going to mess with the FAA no-fly list and control system? Who will spoof the Red Cross’ email? Al Qaeda? White supremacist militias? No! Hippies and anti-globalization leftists!]]> http://www.johnmenick.com/2006/08/attack-of-the-cyber-hippies/feed 0