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Occupation Authority Mishandling of Funds
Another day, another scandal revealed--and--to be--quickly forgotten. If bagloads of cash (in $100,000 bricks) had been delivered to Democratic party supporter…
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Please no more talk of "family values" from far right wing: the hypocrisy is killing me
From ABC's The Note: "On Sunday, the Washington Post's Marc Fisher profiled Maya Keyes, the daughter of former Senate and presidential candidate Al…
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Dan Ravicher
Monday February 14, 2005 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Room 230 Free and Open to all! Lunch Served Many patents granted by the government are undeservingly issued. They is…
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Net Dialogue Launched
Net Dialogue, a joint project between Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, on Monday announ…
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Who is an expert?
Juan Cole offers this rhetorical question in his derision of Jonah Goldberg, who speaks confidently on TV about Iraq every week: If you saw an hour-long piece…
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Chicago Park Copyrighted
A sculpture in Chicago's new Millennium Park is off limits to photographers. Here's the Slashdot account: The City of Chicago recently completed a $47…
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Iraqi Civilians Still Under Siege
Despite our best hopes, Iraq still remains unsafe for the Iraqi people. A Washington Post story recounts the recent terror: Insurgents have answered hopes for…
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Carly Fiorina: A Postscript
QUOTE OF DAY: "There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore." - Carly Fiorina, then-CEO, Hewlett Packard... urging Congress not to re…
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"Supreme Court puts hacker sentences up for grabs" and "High Stakes for Casino City"
SecurityFocus quotes Jennifer Granick in this article about recent changes in hacker sentencing guidelines. Jennifer is also quoted in this week's Business…
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Misdirected Donations for Tsunami Victims
“It’s clear that some people have sent clothes that are actually meant to be used as dusters,” said Himali Fernando, another aid official. “We don’t mean to be…
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Clinton Gave Bush a "Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from ... al-Qida"
Along with Clarke's memo of Jan 25, 2001, Clarke gave to Rice (now Sec'y) a 13-page memo on "Strategy for Eliminating the Threat from the Jihadist…
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"Just some Terrorist Group?"
This is the first page of the memo itself. See the National Security Archives.…