Recount procedures questioned in California election Computerized voting machines are easily hacked to change votes or add votes, and make recounts impossible. The manufacturer contributes heavily to the GOP.

Yahoo! News - U.S. Slashes Military Aid to Friendly Nations: "This is the first sanction in U.S. diplomatic history targeted exclusively at democracies,'"

Does A Felon Rove The White House? "one of the clearest cases of documentable criminal conduct and blatant lies by an administration since Watergate and the Iran-Contra scandal"

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Inconclusive evidence: " The US version, then, turns Al-Qa'eda into a clone of a Cold War secret service, recruiting without moral vetting and acting without claiming its deeds, even when it mounts its biggest ever operation. This account contrasts sharply with all we know about the nature of Bin Laden and those close to him, and about the group they lead"

Who's next in Iraq profiteering.

FBI opens criminal investigation of Bush staff in CIA leak: "When the president boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base outside of Washington, he walked up the steps and waved -- and not a single camera followed. He looked momentarily perplexed. All lenses were trained on Rove at the bottom of the steps."

VOANews.com: "condemn the wall as an unlawful act of annexation"

Washington Insiders' New Firm Consults on Contracts in Iraq: "a decision by the Governing Council of Iraq to allow foreign companies to establish 100 percent ownership of businesses in Iraq, an unusual arrangement in the Mideast, had added to the attractiveness of the market."

Bush Aides Say They'll Cooperate With Probe Into Intelligence Leak (washingtonpost.com): " those who expose the names of intelligence sources are 'the most insidious of traitors.'"

Bush Administration Is Focus of Inquiry (washingtonpost.com): "The intentional disclosure of a covert operative's identity is a violation of federal law. ...two top White House officials called at least six Washington journalists and disclosed the identity and occupation of Wilson's wife."