FSM Security Update: 5-14-09 *Exclusive: Obama Makes Right Decision on Detainee Photos – Will This Commonsense Trend Continue?*

May 14th Obama to ‘reach out to Muslims' in Egypt speech. Is Obama a ‘useful idiot' to radical Islamists? Justice dept's torture hypocrisy. Obama's Gitmo mess - where will he send the Yemenis? Warner Todd Huston - BHO ushering in era of suppression of 1st Amendment. Exclusive: Obama Makes Right Decision on Detainee Photos - Will This Commonsense Trend Continue? The Editors Releasing photos of Jihadists being harshly interrogated might put our troops in greater danger? Who could have imagined it? Exclusive: Making Up is Hard to Do - Jews and the Vatican Ruth King Israel's elected President Shimon Peres and a gaggle of Israeli academics and serial appeasers also favor the suicide option of a two-state solution. Well then, why not the Pope? Exclusive: Obama's ‘Creeping Socialism' Goes Full Steam Ahead Dick McDonald You've heard of dumbing down a society - well, "raging communism" will not only dumb it down, it will strip the individual of all of his rights to resist except one... Today's Blog Topics Video: Scarborough Sides With Cheney: ‘I Knew by the Second Day America Was Less Safe' Video: Olbermann - MSNBC segment dumping on Palin's book Video: (2002) Lie Exposed: Pelosi's Power, Oversight and Control of the CIA after being briefed on Waterboarding Video: Cell Phones Interrupt Already Contentious White House Briefing Video: EPA memo says greenhouse effect not proven? Video: Senator Schumer (D.) On "Torture" - "Do What You Have To Do" Video: Technology: At West Point, U.S. Cadets Training for Cyber Foes Bill Clinton Takes 'Aim' at Cheney's Criticisms of Obama's Foreign Policy Warning: United States Credit Risk FCC attack on talk radio beginning? Exclusive: Authors of Commission Report on Nuclear Deterrence Should Be Commended - And Heeded Peter Huessy The authors are to be commended, for this is an unusually good report. And key government officials, especially members of Congress, should read it. And we cannot wait a decade to heed its message. Exclusive: Iran: Plutonium or Uranium? Does it matter? (Part One of Three) Dr. Robin McFee The Iranian Nuclear Misdirection: Why use uranium when plutonium will work? A review of the Iranian nuclear threat, the global players and what's left for the West. Exclusive: The West is Naïve, Greedy, and Cowardly When it Comes to Appeasing Islamists Dr. Sami Alrabaa Terrorists, whether they are Taliban or Hamas, do not value human life. When will Western apologists figure that out? From Top Terrorists to Top Cops Cliff Kincaid He once rubbed elbows with cop-killing terrorists. But on Tuesday Barack Obama honored 33 U.S. law enforcement officers, including some who had risked their lives to capture terrorists. Why the contradiction? Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: The Ongoing Evolution of Jihadist Terrorism in North Africa J.Peter Pham, PhD Will al Qaeda seek to expand its reach, both criminal and terrorist, into the large North African diaspora communities in Europe? From Green Mountain Boys to Gordo Cooper's Big Day W. Thomas Smith, Jr. Military Milestones from Green Mountain Boys to Gordo Cooper's Big Day. Caption Contest May 14 - 19 Caption Contest Can you come up with the funniest photo caption? Today's Hot Topics: 5-14 We choose, you peruse. Obama Faces Congressional Backlash to His Plan to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison Obama Faces Uphill Battle in Blocking Release of Detainee Photos Hispanic population boom fuels rising U.S. diversity Report citing veteran extremism is pulled Defense staffer charged in China spy case U.S. Journalists Held in N. Korea Will Stand Trial June 4 Congress inches toward ‘truth commission’ for torture probe Obama puts Israel at risk Dems Battle CIA on Interrogations; Hang Pelosi Out to Dry on Briefings Congress and Waterboarding - Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to 'torture.' Hillary Had Lots of Love for Confessed Swindler Scientist arrested for smuggling vials used in Ebola research into US Obama's Photo Epiphany - Why make it harder for the U.S. to defend itself? Political reporters aware of blogs on the right but follow blogs on the left Republican Leader Calls on Obama to Fire Adviser Who Attacked Catholic Church Few Senators Show Up for 'Circus' Hearing on Alleged U.S. Torture of Al Qaeda Terrorists Afghan Graveyard - Burying Military Reputations Live Free or Die (by Mark Steyn) McChrystal Clear Suspected Kid Killer Admits He Escaped Prison in El Salvado and Illegally Immigrated to D.C. Suburbs Obama's Egypt Speech Must Challenge The Muslim World Obama Offers Security at the Expense of Liberty by Michael Barone Saving Schoolgirls From Being Poison-Gassed in Afghanistan and Honor-Murdered in Sweden. Most Terror Suspects Freed Without Charge, British Gov’t Says Heard That (Middle East) Song Before by Cal Thomas The dangerous and heroic world of espionage animates our imagination in a way that creates exciting and mysterious heroes such as James Bond. But what about the heroines? Who are these women who risk their lives to keep our nation safe? And what is their real life world all about?. In FSM's series, "Ask Willa", you'll meet one such woman. Using the pseudonym Willa, this former CIA operations officer worked to protect our country for over 30 years. In her column you'll be taken into the life of a real operative - a sometimes frightening and always challenging world. Find out if you have what it takes to do the work of Willa, master spy. Send your email to: AskWilla@FamilySecurityMatters.org