Day January 7, 2006

Clueless

Bremer says U.S. did not expect insurgency in Iraq So, the US invades a country based on lies, then is so muddle-headed it can’t surmise the inhabitants might fight back against the invaders. Right. Here’s a tip, guys. Vietnam. The…

Official Secrets Act has no teeth

The Official Secrets Act in Britain, it appears, is mostly bluff. The recent re-posting by 4,000 bloggers of documents from Craig Murray may have rendered this noxious act impotent. Good. Whitehall unconfidential: the censors are on the run There is…

Duke and Black Jack

Sweat pours from the Congressman’s face. It’s only 10 am, but he reaches for a whiskey. He reads the headline again. "Duke Cunningham wore a wire." His mind races, Duke is going to prison, those meetings we had, if those…