Liberty and Security Roundup
National Security:
- Doomsday Memo: The House Armed Services Committee released a report stating that further budget cuts will return the military to “the post-Vietnam Carter era of the late 1970s” and that proposed cuts would “transform a Superpower into a Regional Power.”
- The Army will begin cutting 50,000 soldiers in March.
- Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer wants to become a New York City firefighter.
- The Justice Department has asked a court not to allow the release of photos showing Osama bin Laden after being killed in Pakistan.
- Authorities found a Michigan man with over 4000 pounds of explosives, but have not charged him with plotting to detonate the materials.
Islam/Sharia:
- Christian pastor in Iran faces execution for refusing to convert to Islam
- The FBI is investigating evidence that the Council on American-Islamic Relations has solicited funds from state sponsors of terror.