From just the small treasure of American embassy memos recently published by WikiLeaks, the anticipated revelation of over 250,000 remaining cables has generated some noteworthy leaks relevant to the Metroplex area. As expected, many reveal the cooperative relationship between the State Department and military contractor Lockheed-Martin.

A 2007 confidential cable, 07BUCHAREST1286, from the [...]

The state, in legal theory, is the entity claiming the sole right to define what is lawful or criminal activity in a given territory.

Perhaps just coincidentally, the state tends to judge the actions of its official agents and favored clients by a less strict standard of criminality than the one it uses [...]