Copyright 2013 Judith Miller Wed, 22 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Judith Miller :: Writings http://www.judithmiller.com jmiller@Manhattan-Institute.org (Judith Miller) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.judithmiller.com/13283/ap-seizures Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:00 EST In a move that First Amendment lawyers and advocates call a sweeping and unprecedented assault on press freedom, the Justice Department has secretly seized two months of telephone records belonging to reporters and editors for The Associated Press,... http://www.judithmiller.com/13209/nypd-terrorists Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST The Boston Police Department responded with extraordinary skill to last week's marathon bombing, but some terrorism experts say that the attack, which killed three people and injured more than 200, may well have been prevented entirely had the... http://www.judithmiller.com/13191/lone-wolf-terrorist Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST Who bombed the Boston Marathon? While the FBI hunts for suspects and "persons of interest" in this case, an influential terrorism expert says that law enforcement has learned much about the kind of person, or persons for whom the 1,000 F.B.I. officials... http://www.judithmiller.com/13181/somber-linings Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST What a difference a decade has made in the nation's fight against terrorism. It's impossible to find "silver linings" in an event that killed three, including an eight-year-old boy, and wounded over 175 people. But it's true nevertheless that the... http://www.judithmiller.com/13158/jana-winter-jail Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST Jana Winter, an investigative reporter for Fox News, faces the prospect of serious jail time for being a good journalist. Seriously. Most of the accounts you may read won't describe her predicament quite that way. But make no mistake: A state judge could... http://www.judithmiller.com/13134/pharaoh-weeps Thu, 4 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST The Cairo subway was one of Hosni Mubarak's proudest achievements. Built at a cost of several billion dollars in the late 1980s, it reflected Egypt's ancient civilization and modern Egypt's national pride. Air-conditioned in summer, quiet as a pharaoh's... http://www.judithmiller.com/13083/obama-rawabi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST President Obama's crowded schedule on his first trip to Israel since becoming president calls for him to spend part of Thursday in Ramallah with leaders of the Palestinian Authority, discussing ways to revive the seemingly moribund Israeli-Palestinian... http://www.judithmiller.com/12933/zero-dark-thirty-gatekeepers Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST As the Arab Spring has turned into an Islamist Winter, Western filmmakers have been exploring how free societies can best combat terrorism. Can liberal societies bound by the rule of law defeat fanatics who claim obedience to a higher authority? Can... http://www.judithmiller.com/12676/disgraced-my-name-is-asher-lev Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST Disgraced and My Name Is Asher Lev, two ambitious, compelling new off-Broadway plays, explore the limits of assimilation and reach radically different conclusions. In the case of Asher Lev, a story of Orthodox Jewish assimilation, the outcome is... http://www.judithmiller.com/12630/obama-warns-syria-assad-chemical-weapons-are Tue, 4 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST Amid signs that the Syrian regime might be preparing to some of its vast chemical weapons stocks against insurgents who are growing stronger by the day, President Barack Obama warned Syria on Monday that the use of chemical weapons would be "totally... http://www.judithmiller.com/12598/twenty-seventh-man Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST Nathan Englander packs big themes into small places. The Twenty-Seventh Man, a 90-minute play that runs through Dec. 9 at the Public Theater, is a fictionalized account of Stalin's murder of 26 of the Soviet Union's most gifted Yiddish writers. Based on... http://www.judithmiller.com/12493/zubin-mehta Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST Last Thursday night, Zubin Mehta was not happy. Carnegie Hall's Maestro Room was being renovated and had been reduced to the size of a walk-in closet. There were no chairs for guests. The hanger for his garment bag was permanently affixed to the flimsy... http://www.judithmiller.com/12456/obama-romney-foreign-policy-debate Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST Monday night's foreign policy debate — the third and final chance for the American people to evaluate the policies and character of their next president — reflected a striking degree of consensus between the two competitors. President Barack Obama's tone... http://www.judithmiller.com/12444/quazi-mohammad-rezwanul-ahsan-nafis Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST According to the complaint filed in federal district court in New York, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, a student from Bangladesh arrested Wednesday and charged with trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in Manhattan's Financial... http://www.judithmiller.com/12436/candy-crowley Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST Americans got to watch two debates last night -- the debate before and after CNN's Candy Crowley's ill-considered intervention as moderator-in-chief. In the first half of Tuesday night's "town hall" style debate, Mitt Romney appeared confident,...