Rock Stars get into the Shanty market...

Amazon.com: Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys: Music: Various Artists:

While working on the two "Pirates Of The Carribean" films, Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski became fascinated with the lore and fable of the pirates and sailors who ran the high seas. Enter legendary producer Hal Wilner, who brings his knack for matching maverick musicians with extraordinary material. Artists on this double disc set include Bono, Sting, Nick Cave, Bryan Ferry, Lou Reed, Richard Thompson, Lucinda Williams, Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, and many more. "Rogue's Gallery" offers a look at the hardships, the horrors, the lusts and lurid depths, and the crystal beauty that led men to the sea in ships for hundreds of years.

Interpol: nobody tells us a damn thing, so why wonder why we can't help...

After summarizing the last few incidents where Interpol only finds the names and core data on potential (or past) terrorists after that information has been published in the

All Terrorism Is Local, Too - New York Times:

No family should accept a situation where loved ones are killed by escaped foreign terrorists because their law enforcement agencies were not given the names, photographs and fingerprints of the escapees. Yet, while almost all developed countries have systems in place for sharing information on criminals and terrorists among their various police agencies, they do not have good systems requiring the sharing of information with Interpol or foreign police officials on a consistent basis.

Likewise, local and state police forces around the world are increasingly being taught to enter the names, photographs and fingerprints of criminals and suspect individuals into national databases. But few local officers are told or trained to enter arrest information into already existing global databases.

Why? Some countries wrongly believe this is a matter of national, not international, concern; some are years behind in knowing what is possible; some still have the pre-9/11 mentality in which the primary focus is on after-attack investigations rather than pre-attack prevention. I understand these issues. But they can be addressed through education, clear protocols and steady monitoring. Unfortunately, Interpol isn’t in a position to require such cooperation. For this we need an organized and enforceable commitment from all our member countries.

The foiling of the terrorist plot in Britain clearly shows that in a globalized world, the arrests of terrorists across an ocean may be the only thing stopping them from appearing on your doorstep.

I'm starting to lean towards supporting Interpol in this as well, given the incompetance at the top of DHS and the dismantling of the CIA and the wrong focus of the NSA on our own people. Until this administration changes and competant people are put in charge of intelligence gathering and processing rather than Bush-Cheney cronies, I have no faith in this administration's ability to stop a cow from shitting.  They'd probably arrest and torture the wrong cow...then wonder why the meat tastes so bad.