Chinese aggression shows Law of the Sea treaty is worthless

China's "Nine-Dash Line"

Supporters of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) would have us believe that the treaty makes the world a safer place.

For 30 years, the media, political, and even military elite have called for ratification of UNCLOS.

But why should the U.S. ratify a treaty that, considering Chinese territorial aggression against its neighbors, we can see is useless when it comes to maintaining “peace, justice and progress for all peoples of the world,” as the charter states?

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Cartoonist riffs on obscure film smokescreen in Mideast

~~Cartoon by Chris Carter, TUSR Asso. Editor 

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Special ‘Responsinator’ takes guesswork out of national security

~~Cartoon Art by Chris Carter, associate editor at The US Report.Used with permission 2012.

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Reader claims Afghans killing US soldiers "has been going on for years”

A reader with an inside perspective responded to Chris Carter's column in late January titled ‘Afghan soldiers killing US soldiers…’ Carter is associate editor at The US Report. Carter began his column with this:

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Our counterterrorism blind spot: stopping American terrorists

By Chris Carter and Shawn Moore

US citizen Majid Khan went to Pakistan to meet Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (photo). The sheikh is believed to have masterminded the 9/11 attacks; he is currently awaiting trial. This photo was an exhibit in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui who was convicted on terrorism charges and is currently serving a life sentence. (Photo, US Government)This week the Department of Justice announced that our intelligence community foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. While our counterterrorism strategy is successful at preventing terrorist plots from foreign sources, it fails to stop the flow of American citizens committing terrorist attacks abroad.

Since 9/11 the United States has prevented or disrupted 39 known terrorist plots – 40 counting the foiled Iranian plot. We have also curtailed the transfer of material support to foreign terrorist groups.

But the flow of potential U.S. terrorists is much harder to monitor and regulate. Increased airport security, increased law enforcement, intelligence liaisons abroad, and heightened citizen awareness of suspicious behaviors have been unsuccessful at stopping U.S. citizens from engaging in terrorist acts abroad.

On Oct. 29, 2008, 26-year-old Shirwa Ahmed drove his Toyota Land Cruiser through the streets of Hargesa, Somalia. Arriving at his target, Ahmed detonated his suicide truck bomb, killing 29. The naturalized U.S. citizen from Minneapolis became America’s first known suicide bomber.

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Does Obama's jobs bill actually defy the Constitution?

By Chris Carter

As discussed yesterday at The US Report, President Obama is peddling a jobs bill that contains elements that may actually be unconstitutional. But there appears to be more to the story.

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Fired Ohio security official’s ties, past omitted by media

By Chris Carter

The Jawa report did a full investigation on an Ohio security official's ties and his past.(Screen snip of Jawa site]
National Public Radio featured a story about a Muslim homeland security official who was fired after a  photo showing him with members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations was featured in an anti-terrorism seminar.

The official in the photo, Omar Alomari, a 60-year-old Jordanian-American, served as a multicultural relations officer for the Ohio Department of Public Safety.

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