Iran
We Need More Brain Power
ecthompsonmd June 21, 2026

I have been re-reading Senator Bob Graham’s book, Intelligence Matters. It was about the intelligence failures of 9/11. Re-reading this book reminded me of how unprepared we were for a terrorist attack here in the United States, as well as how we diverted our attention away from the war on terror to attack Iraq. For those of you who have a little gray hair, you’ll remember that the Bush Administration told us that Iraq had biological and chemical weapons. We were told they had these mobile devices that could be deployed almost anywhere and release devastating biological or chemical weapons. We

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Incompetence and Failure
ecthompsonmd June 20, 2026

After 9/11, the George W. Bush administration tried to convince Americans that they were on the job. They tried to convince Americans that they were in charge and that they knew what they were doing. There was a familiar refrain: nobody could have known that they would use airplanes as weapons. Of course, this old song assumed that Americans were naive. In reality, back in 1995, American intelligence discovered a laptop that was owned by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (mastermind of 9/11). The laptop contained information that Al Qaeda wanted to hijack twelve commercial airliners and blow them up over the Pacific

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They Told Us It Would Be Surgical. It Wasn’t.
ecthompsonmd May 31, 2026

This is a guest post from Hassan Elbiali. Operation Epic Fury failed on its own terms. So where is the accountability? Quick answer: Operation Epic Fury — the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, February 28–May 5, 2026 — failed to achieve its four stated objectives: nuclear programme destruction, missile arsenal elimination, proxy network decapitation, and regime change. Intelligence assessments now confirm the nuclear setback was less than six months, roughly 50% of Iran’s missile launchers survived, and the assassination of Supreme Leader Khamenei produced a more hardline IRGC-led successor. The analysts who promised otherwise have not been held to account. I

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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A Letter to America

The Thirteeneth Juror

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