by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, July 17, 2008
A few days ago we posted a comment on the introduction by Senators Lieberman, Collins and Cantwell of federal legislation to rein in the speculative energy commodities trading that has fueled the oil bubble: S 3248, the Commodity Speculation Reform Act of 2008. Last week propelled […]

by Jerry Gordon and Joseph Shahda, The Iconoclast, July 12, 2008
Back in early June, we published an article on the New English Review drawing attention to the question of whether Google/YouTube was an enabler of terrorists. This had followed a series of exchanges with Google, the ACLU, the New York Times and other publications […]

by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, July 11, 2008
Last month we posted articles on the emergence of Congressional concerns about the speculation in energy futures and derivative markets, driven through several ‘loopholes’ and the lassitude of federal commodity trading regulators. Senator Lieberman, as we pointed out in those New English Review and The Iconoclast […]

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It appears that mainstream media has finally woken up to the power of the internet by Al Qaeda and its affiliates to engage in propaganda, incitement to violence and training Jihadis via the internet. This Washington Post article focuses on the massive output of sophisticated videos, iPod downloads and materials for chat […]

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The Toledo Jihadis, that we posted on, who were recently convicted are the posters boys for cyber terrorism training. The common thread among these home grown jihadis, the subject of this IBD editorial is access to terrorist websites on the internet to train them in the techniques of killing our troops in […]

by Jerry Gordon and Joseph Shahda, New English Review, June, 2008
U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman, chair of Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, is trying to take down hundreds of terrorist videos on YouTube operated by Google many showing violent actions against US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The videos give instructions […]

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No sooner we post a piece on Senator Lieberman’s recent report on “Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorist Threat,” of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee then his staff releases a letter calling for Google to take down al Qaeda terrorist content on YouTube. As we […]

by Jerry Gordon, Israpundit, May 17, 2008
There was a good interview with Senator Joe Lieberman in the current edition of US News and World Report. He tells about his friendship and endorsement of his Senate colleague, John McCain, the unease among Senate and Connecticut Democrats about his ‘independent’ views. His comments about his other […]