November 24, 2008
By George Friedman
Stratfor.com
Three weeks after the U.S. presidential election, we are getting the first signs of how President-elect Barack Obama will govern. That now goes well beyond the question of what is conventionally considered U.S. foreign policy - and thus beyond Stratfor's domain.

Today, the jury hearing the second Holy Land Foundation terrorism trial delivered guilty verdicts against HLF and all of the individual defendants, a stunning victory for federal prosecutors. This site has been among the leading websites in discussing the ramifications of the case. You can read our archive of posts on HLF and a transcript of our special panel, held last December 11, on the first case. You can download the exhibits in the second trial from the NEFA Foundation website and read special reports on the trial at the IPT website.

November 24, 2008
By Cliff Kincaid

For several days there was a fierce national debate over whether American car companies in Detroit deserved $25 billion of taxpayer money and whether American jobs should be saved. The automakers and a union representative were ridiculed, didn't get the money, and were told to come up with a "plan" to save the companies. After backing the $700-billion Wall Street bailout, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News said Detroit didn't deserve any federal money because the car companies had been mismanaged. This was a point made by many in the media.