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Instructive from the flap is a warning to social media schmoozers to refrain from casual talk about security issues. US security agencies have made no secret of the fact that they are developing plans -- and apps -- to scour the Internet for any potential threat to national security. Plans include trolling social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace, looking for profiles and patterns that add up to threats.
here, there have been bombs place on airplanes, so they do two or three checks of everyone going through our airports.
However, given the amount of illicit drugs going in and out, one suspects that someone is not checking everything. (Manila is a transit center for drug smugglers).
There is a worry that there are groups who would bomb to cause trouble, and they downplay these threats and incidents (blaming them on criminal activity, where the criminals are terror groups raising money by crime).
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we have gotten "headsup" about security from the embassy, but in this area the main danger is ordinary criminal, unless you get shot while talking business with the relatives of the wrong politician, like our nephew.
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They are filming the latest "Bourne Identity" in Manila, and for the last week our news program had "headsup" for which roads will be blocked off for the filming.
and no, MattDamon isn't in this one.
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the Russians are coming the Russians are coming!
actually, three Russian Naval ships are here making a good will visit.
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China is threatening the Philippines with sanctions over the Spratlys if they get too close to the USA.
Most of the US press makes it out as if President Obama is causing the trouble, and that China is "paranoid" about hostile powers encircling her, but when China starts making noise that she owns the Spratlys because Bronze age pottery might have been made by China has been found on some of the unoccupied islands, and when China starts putting military people on these unoccupied islands and China starts threatening Pinoy sailors whose families traditionally have fished in the area for hundreds of years, maybe China is the one starting the trouble.
One result is that the Phil gov't is using money much needed elsewhere to upgrade their Navy and Coast Guard.
And if you think the Philippines is angry, imagine VietNam, who once were part of China and have no desire to be gobbled up again.
and China is pushing terroritorial claims against India and Japan too....
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