Nothing to See Here – Data Collectors edition
More stuff you should be reading instead of this lousy blog… #
- Declan McCullagh at CNET News has some good questions for the FBI and the Justice Department regarding their decision to try to wiretap the ‘Net.
- Wired News has the story of how the government is getting around laws which restrict data collection on private citizens by acquiring that data from private companies.
- The Poor Man (yay! he’s back!) notes the utter stupidity of releasing the name of a captured al Qaeda operative.
- Via Atrios, AZCentral.com has a list of politicians and pundits and their military service histories.
- TalkLeft points us to this very astute post at Sideshow which asks why the Bush administration doesn’t just keep their mouths shut and investigate their leads. This government is secretive about everything else, why are they blowing what should be secrets into the atmosphere?
- At Juan Cole: Bush Administration outing of Khan Enabled 5 al-Qaeda Cell Members to Escape Capture

Monday, August 9th, 2004 @ 12:43 pm
August 9th, 2004 at 2:41 pm
LIBERALS WANT TO HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO
Some liberals are capable of debating on the merits of issues. Stumax made a reasonable argument in one of this blog’s “comment” sections. Stumax said, “It is right to ask for more some specifics when the government issues a terror warning, but those…