John Donnelly
Senior Writer, Congressional Quarterly, Roll Call
- Politics, Metro D.C.
- Washington, D.C.
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Congressional Quarterly-Roll Call defense reporter; chairman, National Press Club Press Freedom Committee; Standing Committee of Correspondents, U.S. Congress.
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“@pattonoswalt: Only 20 years 'til the Hogan's Heroes-style sitcom set in Gitmo.”
“@Will_FerreII: Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool.”
“@KimJongNumberUn: For the record, I would totally seize the phone records of journalists. If North Korea had journalists. And phones.”
RT @nycjim: NYT says site was victim of denial of service attack earlier in the week. nyti.ms/14xnKMZ
Financial Times Web Site Is Hacked
nytimes.com — The Web site and several Twitter accounts belonging to The Financial Times were hacked on Friday by the Syrian Electronic Army in an ongoing campaign that has targeted an array of media outlets ranging from The Associated Press to the parody site The Onion, according to a claim by the so-called army.
RT @MaxBoot: Hyping the horrors of military service. My take on media coverage of suicides and sexual assault: bit.ly/10VayTG
Hyping the Horrors of Military Service
commentarymagazine.com — Veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, thankfully, do not have to face the kind of opprobrium that an earlier generation of Vietnam veterans encountered. But there is still a tendency to pathologize vets, to assume that they are victims of a sinister system, innocents who have been sent into battle against their will and forced to pay a high cost.
DIA's threat testimony in each of last 2 years singled out Syria's Yakhont missile as a "major threat" to ships in Mediterranean.
Lots of talk about Assad's air defenses, but little til now about the antiship Yakhont missile, with its ~200 mile range.
RT @julianbarnes: With 11 ships in Med, US and European officials say Russia trying to project power to deter intervention in Syria http://…
Russia Raises Stakes In Syria
online.wsj.com — Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base in Syria, a buildup that U.S. and European officials are taking as an aggressive stance meant partly to warn the West and Israel not to intervene in Syria's bloody civil war.
“@Auriandra: TheNewYorker: Introducing Strongbox, a Tool for Anonymous Document-Sharing is.gd/0wW37J #AP #AdamSchwartz #maddow”
Introducing Strongbox
newyorker.com — This morning, The New Yorker launched Strongbox, an online place where people can send documents and messages to the magazine, and we, in turn, can offer them a reasonable amount of anonymity. It was put together by Aaron Swartz, who died in January, and Kevin Poulsen.
DIA has warned in openly for at least 2 yrs about these Russian antiship missiles in Syria. Now they're improved: nyti.ms/105wRBh
Russia Provides Syria With Advanced Missiles
nytimes.com — WASHINGTON - Russia has shipped an advanced antiship cruise missile to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad, American officials said on Thursday. Russia has previously provided Yakhont missiles, as the weapon is known, to Syria.Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Politics, Metro D.C. and more.
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