Friday

CJR Daily: Truth and Consequences

CJR Daily: Truth and Consequences: "In the old days, if the U.S. government had come out and said, 'We've got this, here's our assessment,' reasonable people would have taken it at face value. That's never going to happen again."

Thursday

CJR Daily: For ABC, Weather Equals Climate Change

CJR Daily: For ABC, Weather Equals Climate Change

Auditors: Billions wasted in Iraq - Yahoo! News

Auditors: Billions wasted in Iraq - Yahoo! News: "People should be rewarded when they do a good job. But when things don't go right, there have to be consequences"

Justice Kennedy: Give Us More Money Or You Can Interpret The God-Damned Constitution Yourself - Wonkette

Justice Kennedy: Give Us More Money Or You Can Interpret The God-Damned Constitution Yourself - Wonkette: "Because they were senators, Kennedy’s interlocutors quickly lost hold of the subject and started rambling about their own pet peeves. Pat Leahy took the bold stance that federal judges should not be assassinated. Arlen Specter noted that Congress, a body whose deliberations are marked by unimpeachable dignity, has had sessions broadcast on television for decades, and opined that the Supreme Court should do the same. Kennedy illustrated what would happen in such event by recoiling in horror, hissing loudly, and crumbling into dust."

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Case shines light on how war contracts are awarded

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Case shines light on how war contracts are awarded: "Since its founding in 1995, ADCS obtained more than $100 million in federal contracts with the help of congressional allies who received campaign contributions from Wilkes. Cunningham, who sat on the House Intelligence Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, was one of his chief benefactors.
When the Iraq war began in 2003, Wilkes redoubled his efforts to woo politicians and officials in the Pentagon and CIA. "

HEALTH: US Ill-Equipped to Deal With Wave of Troubled Vets

HEALTH: US Ill-Equipped to Deal With Wave of Troubled Vets

Monday

Think Progress » CNN: Bush-Backed Shiite Group Receiving Weapons Shipments From Iran

Think Progress » CNN: Bush-Backed Shiite Group Receiving Weapons Shipments From Iran

Conn Hallinan: The Najaf Massacre, an Annotated Fable

Conn Hallinan: The Najaf Massacre, an Annotated Fable

VOA News - Top American General Disputes US Military Claim on Iran

VOA News - Top American General Disputes US Military Claim on Iran

Secrecy News

Secrecy News: "The Bush Administration has altered the role of arms control in U.S. national security policy"

Secrecy News

Secrecy News: "Government cryptographic equipment operations will ordinarily be conducted by the Government,' the Instruction states.
'However, when there is a valid need and it is clearly in the best interest of the Navy and the Government, cryptographic equipment, keying material, related COMSEC information, and access to classified U.S. Government traffic may be provided to U.S. contractors.."

Democracy Now! | Attorney Martin Garbus on “The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans”

Democracy Now! | Attorney Martin Garbus on “The New Supreme Court and What It Means for Americans”

Journalists name additional leak sources - Yahoo! News

Journalists name additional leak sources - Yahoo! News

UPDATE: 'Wash Post' Joins 'NYT' in Trumpeting 'Anonymous' Claims on Iranian Weapons in Iraq

UPDATE: 'Wash Post' Joins 'NYT' in Trumpeting 'Anonymous' Claims on Iranian Weapons in Iraq

Libby trial sheds light on White House - Yahoo! News

Libby trial sheds light on White House - Yahoo! News: "The details suggest Cheney was almost a deputy president with a shadow operation. He had his own source of advice. He had his own source of access. He was making his own decisions"

Dixie Chicks finish first at Grammys - Yahoo! News

Dixie Chicks finish first at Grammys - Yahoo! News

Sunday

U.S. officials offer evidence of Iran's hand in Iraqi unrest - Los Angeles Times

U.S. officials offer evidence of Iran's hand in Iraqi unrest - Los Angeles Times: "U.S. officials, who refused to be identified by name and did not allow cameras or recording devices"

AP Wire | 02/10/2007 | Ohio food stamp use increases by 71 percent since 2000

AP Wire | 02/10/2007 | Ohio food stamp use increases by 71 percent since 2000

Los Angeles Times: States fund antiabortion advice

Los Angeles Times: States fund antiabortion advice: "To deal with its 62% budget cut, the Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Austin began charging for services long offered free to low-income women. Since the fees took effect, the clinic has distributed 40% fewer birthcontrol pills and has conducted 50% fewer Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer. Several thousand patients have stopped coming....

[Anti-choice "clinics" sometimes forbid the mere mention of birth control and may include false information in their advice. In Texas,] not counting more than $400,000 in start-up expenses, the counseling has run an average of $450 per client. (By comparison, a year of exams and contraception costs $180.)"