Regular readers will have spotted the geographical spread of this phenomenon. South East Asian gangs are suspected to be behind it.

Surveillance teams didnt understand press cards..yeah, right! So thats alright then. Everyone else can go on the database and the press can stop worrying their pretty little heads…

Excellent piece on the lessons even the Americans learned [well some of them] from counterinsurgency in the 1960s, applied to strategy for Afghanistan today. Keep it Simple, Stoopid!

Last of the psychopaths gun down two pizza delivery boys in order to shoot two soldiers. Sooner theyre caught and locked away the better. Back in the late 60s there was serious discrimination against the Catholic community. Now they have full civil rights. “Zombie” sang the Cranberries. Correctly.

And so it goes on. Nothing very analytical in this piece.

Good piece depicting all the old dilemmas. It’s a police job, not an Army job, but creating an honest police force that the people trust…that’s the key problem to solve.

Two judges plead guilty to accepting money from the owner of a private detention facility to send juveniles there. Read and weep…Of course it doesn’t matter because it happened somewhere really obscure in Pennsylvania USA. Its a one-off…yeah, sure. And bankers are honest…was that a pig I just saw flying past the window?

Feeling safe? That cop that flagged you down could be a Mafia hitman…This has been on the blog before and there’s something odd about the story. NYTimes story at: http://tinyurl.com/c2qgqg

But its a plea bargain…

This’ll cheer you up. Only coming out because journalists themselves beginning to feel threatened by police surveillance. This link goes to a video with police comments. Allegedly.