Brief history of warrantless searches
… conducted in the name of national security, without huge sensational splashes about them in the New York Times, I might add:
Yes!!
Today was one of those days it was hard to make through – after today, I have Thursday and Friday off work as vacation days, and then we’ll be off all next week, so I wanted to get a lot done before I left. I managed to kick bootie on getting a bunch of stuff done, and now I’m FINALLY here at home preparing for some much needed R&R.
The Ritter vs. Hitchens transcript
Scott Ritter and Chris Hitchens were scheduled to have a debate last night in Tarrytown, NY about the Iraq war … has anyone seen a transcript or audio of this posted anywhere? If so, please post where either in the comments section or via email to me so I can post it here for everyone (including myself) to check out.
The ‘Plame Platoon’
Max Boot has a good piece today in the LA Times about the ‘Plame Platoon’ (heh – I like that) and how they’ve gone mysteriously silent on ‘leaks which harm our national security’ in light of the recent NYTimes story about the President authorizing ‘eavesdropping’ in the aftermath of 9-11.
Vote for Kevin!
No, ST reader and commenter Kevin is *not* running for president (yet) but he has created a banner for the Iraq the Model contest, a contest to determine what banner gets placed at the top of their blog. Kevin’s looks GREAT!
Is freedom on the march in the Middle East?
According to an organization called “Freedom House”: yes: