Saturday
The Intelligence Community Tells the American Public All About Cyberwar | Beyond the Beyond from Wired.com
The Intelligence Community Tells the American Public All About Cyberwar | Beyond the Beyond from Wired.com: "An American-owned global Storm-bot network by Christmas"
Friday
Physicians group urges easing of ban on medical marijuana - Los Angeles Times
Physicians group urges easing of ban on medical marijuana - Los Angeles Times: "The American College of Physicians, the nation's largest organization of doctors of internal medicine, with 124,000 members, contends that the long and rancorous debate over marijuana legalization has obscured good science that has demonstrated the benefits and medicinal promise of cannabis."
Monday
Thursday
Safety lapse during bioterror test a wake-up call for labs | ajc.com
Safety lapse during bioterror test a wake-up call for labs | ajc.com: "The test simulated the arrival of samples where a bioterrorism agent is suspected, but not identified. The labs were to conduct tests to identify or rule out various agents. The testing kits included written instructions stating the samples should be handled inside a special safety cabinet and within the protective barriers of a Biosafety Level 3 lab.
Despite these instructions, some lab workers handled the samples in high risk ways, even sniffing open culture plates as they sought clues to what was growing on them"
Despite these instructions, some lab workers handled the samples in high risk ways, even sniffing open culture plates as they sought clues to what was growing on them"
Wednesday
Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act - The Boston Globe
Bush asserts authority to bypass defense act - The Boston Globe: "Bush's frequent use of signing statements to advance aggressive theories of executive power has been a hallmark of his presidency. Previous presidents occasionally used the device, but Bush has challenged more sections of bills than all his predecessors combined - among them, a ban on torture."
Saturday
Bush plan for Iraq would be a first - The Boston Globe
Bush plan for Iraq would be a first - The Boston Globe: "Bush does not intend to submit the deal to Congress"
Why Bush Wants to Legalize the Nuke Trade with Turkey - by Joshua Frank
Why Bush Wants to Legalize the Nuke Trade with Turkey - by Joshua Frank: "As with most stories of this magnitude, the U.S. media has put on blindersAs with most stories of this magnitude, the U.S. media has put on blinders"
Friday
Wolfowitz appointed chairman of arms-control advisory panel - The Boston Globe
Wolfowitz appointed chairman of arms-control advisory panel - The Boston Globe: "The advice given by Paul Wolfowitz over the past six years ranks among the worst provided by any defense official in history"
DefenseNews.com - CBO Report: U.S. War Costs Up in Iraq - 01/23/08 08:48: "Congress has written checks for $691 billion to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and related activities...
All of the Iraq and Afghanistan war money — about $11 billion a month - ...gets added to the U.S. debt. The CBO estimated that just the interest payments on the debt would total $234 billion this year, more than the likely $250 billion budget deficit for the year."
All of the Iraq and Afghanistan war money — about $11 billion a month - ...gets added to the U.S. debt. The CBO estimated that just the interest payments on the debt would total $234 billion this year, more than the likely $250 billion budget deficit for the year."
Thursday
The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare: "The Defense Science Board, an advisory body to the secretary of defense,...said...that it 'lacks confidence in current tools for detecting malicious code.'"
U.S. in role of wounded giant at Davos - International Herald Tribune
U.S. in role of wounded giant at Davos - International Herald Tribune: "Several economists said the Federal Reserve seemed to have lost control of events since the subprime crisis erupted last summer. Some criticized its steep cut in interest rates Tuesday as a knee-jerk reaction to calm the markets rather than a sound response to a deteriorating situation."
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard Got 20 minutes to connect with stuff you already knew intellectually?
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Daily Kos: State of the Nation: "It's really stretching the imagination try to understand how a new doctrine of pre-emptive nuclear strikes can possibly be part of the War on Terror™. The concept of nuclear deterrence can't apply if your perceived enemy doesn't have nuclear weapons. 'We think they might be making them,' is not the same as a nation having them, and being overtly hostile toward another nation"
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