Archive for April, 2008

Posted on April 11, 2008 - by Venik

DoD Investigates eBay; Smokes Crack

In “Stolen DoD Equipment Selling on EBay” on April 11, 2008, the Associated Press reports that the Department of Defense is investigating sales of “stolen and sensitive US military equipment” on eBay. Apparently DoD investigator purchased a dozen such items on eBay and Craigslist. Many of these items are on the US Munitions List and [...]

Posted on April 4, 2008 - by Venik

Putin and NATO expansion

A little bit of history first. In 1948 the Treaty of Brussels was signed by the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and the United Kingdom to protect themselves from unspecified evildoers (the Soviets). All parties involved clearly realized that the combined military might of post-war France and Luxembourg was probably not enough to counter hundreds of Soviet [...]