by Piper Bayard | Sep 19, 2012 | Current Affairs, History, News
Perspective on the Recent US Embassy Attacks By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes* American news followers of the USA type have spent the last week watching, reading, and hearing reports of protests and attacks against US diplomatic compounds in Libya, Egypt, Yemen,...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 28, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, The Cold War
By Intelligence Operative Jay Holmes On Thursday, July 26, news outlets reported that Russia announced intentions to build military bases in Vietnam, the Seychelles, and Cuba. The source of the news was an interview given by Russian Vice Admiral Victor Chirkov to the...
by Piper Bayard | Apr 19, 2012 | Current Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes This week, we have been treated to two dire federal government scandals in the news. One of those scandals involves misappropriation of funds for partying and luxury travel by General Services Administration big wigs and their tax...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 18, 2012 | Current Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes This weekend, two seemingly disconnected pieces of news were announced. One informed us that Libya’s former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, was arrested Saturday at an airport in Mauritania. The other was that convicted Sobibor...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 2, 2012 | Current Affairs, News
By HOLMES Once again, the Falklands, a small island group in the cold waters of the far South Atlantic, are demanding headlines in international news outlets. The British and the islands’ residents call their islands “The Falklands,” and the Argentinians...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 26, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By HOLMES Yesterday, we received the pleasant news that a Navy SEAL team freed two kidnapping victims in Somalia, Poul Hagen Thisted and Jessica Buchanan. I wish to express my gratitude to all of the members of the rescue team and to the many supporting units that...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 25, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
To hear my spy novel writing partner, Holmes, tell it, I have spent the past few days in Italy teaching the maritime safety class, Don’t Put the Big Floating Thing In the Rocks. I’m happy to report that only one bozo in the whole of Italy actually needed the class....
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