Template: Sporticus template from Rocket Theme. This site came together with almost no modifications. We tried on several news templates, but this one gave us the straightforward, no-nonsense look that best fit this author. It is also highly readable, which is a plus for a site that is going to draw a more serious audience.

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Overview: The founder / writer of this site, Mignon Evans, has more than 45 years experience in the fields of law, intelligence, and journalism.

Technical Details: This is a Joomla 1.0.15 site with all the basic Joomla capabilities plus:

• Blogging - Mignon is able to publish her own writing with pictures and even videos. Blogging tool features RSS feed, trackbacks, automatic pinging of Technorati, and print formatting.
• Comments - Visitors to Mignon's site can submit comments on her blogs.
• eNewsletter - Mignon plans to send out an eNewsletter several times a year to keep her readers updated.
• Social Bookmarking - Visitors to the site can easily add the articles to their social bookmarking sites like Digg!

This solid, useful site has Mignon well positioned to take advantage of the notoriety her writing has given her of late.

Visit The National Intelligence to explore the site for yourself.