Month December 2003

Why am I not surprised? France says no proof of hijack plot found French investigators questioned seven men pointed out by U.S. intelligence but found no evidence they planned to use a Los Angeles-bound jet to launch terror attacks against…

The 2004 election. Battle lines are being drawn. John Perry Barlow, “a retired Wyoming cattle rancher, a former lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and co-founder of the EFF”, is a seriously respected denizen of cyberspace. His new blog has a piece…

Oh that… Rumsfeld backed Saddam even after chemical attacks Fresh controversy about Donald Rumsfeld’s personal dealings with Saddam Hussein was provoked yesterday by new documents that reveal he went to Iraq to show America’s support for the regime despite its…

The Grinch that stole the dead spots map Mobile phone carriers know dead spots, but won’t tell us The answer, it turns out, leads to one of the mobile phone industry’s darkest and dirtiest secrets: All the major carriers have…