How Client-9 Was Caught
NPR had an interesting segment this morning (March 12) as to how Client-9, formerly known as Eliot Spitzer, was found out. As you might expect, our old friend the USA Patriot Act had a part to play, helping fulfill its…
Current Affairs
Deadline to Apply for Internship With Sen. Larry Craig is March 15
Remember, time is running out to apply for an internship in the office of Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho). The deadline is March 15, 2008, or when Senator Craig resigns, whichever comes first. "For those interested in politics," Craig writes on…
FBI Rejects Waterboarding In Favor of Starbucks
Writing on the New York Times website Tuesday, Mike Nizza discussed the revelation that in contrast to the CIA’s admitted use of techniques like "waterboarding" to try to get information out of Al Qaeda suspects at Guantanamo, FBI interrogators used…
ABA Demotes Gonzales from “Lawyer” to “Newsmaker” of the Year
On December 12, the ABA posted a statement on its website announcing that it had named former U.S Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as "Lawyer of the Year" for 2007. Feedback was received. Two days later, it posted another statement saying…
After “Evaluation of the Past,” City Says Stalin Will No Longer Be Honorary Citizen
The city government of Kosice, the second-largest city in Slovakia, voted on Friday to take away the honorary citizenship it granted in 1947 to Josef Vissionariovich Dzhugashvili, also known as Joseph Stalin, apparently having learned a few disturbing facts about…
New Rules Will Require Chinese Buddhists to Apply for Reincarnation
You end up with a “living Buddha permit.”
Toga Party Attendance is Critical in Abu Ghraib Defense
Lt. Col. Steven Jordan is currently on trial for 12 charges relating to the torture — sorry, "maltreatment" — of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison. His defense attorneys have argued that Jordan was actually not in charge of the interrogation…
U.S. Happy to Evacuate Americans from Lebanon, and Will Even Let Them Pay Later
As a result of the media ignoring all the good things about Lebanon, lots of people are overreacting and wanting to get out of there just because it looks like a full-blown war is starting up. On Tuesday many countries…
Lawmakers Demonstrate Commitment to Conservation
With gas prices getting higher all the time, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been quick to show concern, and many have been jumping on the alternative-fuel bandwagon. That includes top House Republicans, who held a press conference…
Iraqis Can Now Buy Terror Insurance
The New York Times reports that at least one thing has a guaranteed future in Iraq: terror insurance. The state-owned Iraq Insurance Company has begun to insure ordinary Iraqis against, according to the policy rider, "the following dangers: 1) explosions…