Month November 2002

Lugar will back Colin Powell…

Lugar will back Colin Powell approach Lugar assumes Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A Foreign Policy Maven Has His Old Chair Back Unlike the committee’s current ranking Republican, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), who is retiring, Lugar is more…

L.A. has 16 homicides in…

L.A. has 16 homicides in 6 days There’s a gang war going on, several gang wars actually. The homicide rate in L.A. is climbing while in other big cities, it is dropping. And what does our brand new police chief,…

Microsoft warns of widespread web…

Microsoft warns of widespread web security hole Instead of the constant discoveries of and warnings about gaping security problems with Microsoft software, why doesn’t the Borg actually FIX these problems before they ship the products? Microsoft is warning millions of…

Woodward on Bush neglect of…

Woodward on Bush neglect of al Qaeda threat. Joe Conason cites today in Salon excerpt from Woodward’s Bush at War that indicates that the CIA briefed incoming Bush administration in detail on the al Qaeda threat, Clinton plans to deal…