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THE PENTAGON -- The Pentagon has discovered a gap in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and it's about to test a solution. But depending on your point of view, the solution is either vital for national security or a threat to American privacy.

On Friday, news broke that Iran had received 12 nuclear-capable cruise missiles illegally exported from the Ukraine in 2001.   It is important to note that the missiles were not equipped with nuclear warheads, but are specifically designed to carry nuclear warheads.   This raises troubling questions.

Did anyone watch Sheppard Smith on FNC this past Saturday? He gave an excellent tour of an underground bunker in Iraq - complete with decom showers and instructions in German! He asked the question - why would a country with no WMD's have need of decom showers?

Editorial: U.S. Finds Iraqi Chemical Weapons Plant and Banned Cruise Missiles These recent discoveries are breaking news on the Internet today. However, these reports are not even on the radar screen for the American mainstream media. Not yet. It will be at least a couple of days before you might hear about these reports on your local television channel. Or it may take a bit longer. The major America networks are too busy broadcasting stories with geniune "human interest" impact. Their primary focus is zeroed in on accidental attacks on British warplanes and the first reports of deaths of troops...