During the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing this morning, the RAND Corporation's Brian Jenkins offered a statement as to why the Fort Hood shooting, and the analysis of just what motivated Malik Hasan, weighs so... Full Article at National Review Online

Why is the Obama administration blocking a congressional investigation of the Fort Hood shootings. First they refused to send administration officials to testify before a Senate hearing. Full Article at Betsy's Page

The first public congressional hearing on the Fort Hood attack will not include testimony from any current federal law enforcement, military or intelligence officials because the Obama administration "declined to provide any" such witnesses, according... Full Article at The Washington Post

In response to your question: What is the alternative to having people who understand the country and people of where they are serving? "Ugly" and "quiet" Americans don't work out so well. Full Article at National Journal

I'm reading Brian Jenkin's "Will Terrorists Go Nuclear?" and I LOVE it. I was apprehensive at first, thought this was going to be another "oh noes, the terrorists are all going to nuke us" but it's not. Full Article at Armchair Generalist

UNITED Utilities will spend £65,000 to stop water leaks that have affected part of a village near Knutsford. Bosses said they would begin replacing the water main in Plumley on October 26, and the job is expected to take up to three months. Full Article at Knutsford Guardian