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As I write, news is appearing that Captain Phillips of the Maersk Alabama has been freed from his Somali pirate captors. This may mark the end of the extraordinary American passivity towards this major public menace. Maybe even President Obama will be tempted by the celebration to speak on the issue. (My theory on his silence: given the choice between black pirates and white American sailors, he sides with the former.) An aspect of Somalia which does interest the Administration, however, is the activities al-Shabab militia which holds much of southern Somalia. is essentially a log-rolling e...

Police have ramped up security for Thursday, a date important to followers of the QAnon extremist ideology

Your morning review of the issues and players behind Florida politics.

INTO THE BREACH: In search of transparency after hacks Top executives from Microsoft and FireEye on Tuesday urged Congress to create mandatory breach reporting requirements for companies following the massive Russian hack of the federal government that extended to the private sector. “We need to impose a clear, consistent disclosure obligation on the private sector,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in written testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, noting that “silence reigns” when companies are hacked. FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia, whose company was credited with shini...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., declared that “the Trump movement is alive and well.”