COLIN POWELL AIDE SAYS FOREIGN POLICY HAS BEEN USURPED BY CHENEY/RUMSFELD "CABAL"
"Lawrence Wilkerson, Secretary of State Colin Powell's former chief of staff, has offered a remarkably blunt criticism of the administration he served, saying that foreign policy had been usurped by a 'Cheney-Rumsfeld cabal,' and that President Bush has made the country more vulnerable, not less, to future crises."
(NEW YORK TIMES)
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Friday, October 21, 2005
DORGAN WITHDRAWS CUBA TRAVEL AMENDMENT
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) withdrew the Cuba travel amendment, saying:
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) withdrew the Cuba travel amendment, saying:
"I am withdrawing my amendment, one that is germane and relevant . . . The reason I am withdrawing my amendment is because a fellow senator submitted a second degree amendment to mine dealing with abortion . . . The use of a second degree amendment on abortion is unbelievable. Procedurally legal, but unbelievable . . . Elementary and high school students should all be watching today to see how politics really works . . ."
(LATIN AMERICAN WORKING GROUP)
Thursday, October 20, 2005
FEMA OFFICIAL IGNORED EMAILS WARNING OF DISASTER
E-mails released today by one of his subordinates show that former FEMA Director Michael Brown blew off warnings about deteriorating conditions in New Orleans and the dire need for help.
Marty Bahamonde, a FEMA regional director, told a Senate panel investigating the government's response to the disaster that he gave regular updates and, in most cases, he was met with silence. 'I think there was a systematic failure at all levels of government to understand the magnitude of the situation,' Bahamonde said.
(YAHOO, unearthed by Talking Points Blog)
E-mails released today by one of his subordinates show that former FEMA Director Michael Brown blew off warnings about deteriorating conditions in New Orleans and the dire need for help.
Marty Bahamonde, a FEMA regional director, told a Senate panel investigating the government's response to the disaster that he gave regular updates and, in most cases, he was met with silence. 'I think there was a systematic failure at all levels of government to understand the magnitude of the situation,' Bahamonde said.
(YAHOO, unearthed by Talking Points Blog)
COPIER CODE CRACKED
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation said this week that it had cracked the code used in Xerox printers to embed details about the printer, including serial number, along with time and date information.
The EFF reported the existence of the watermarks this summer, and this week published source code of a Xerox decoding program. Speculation launched as to what other technology the government was tracking. And bloggers almost immediately began figuring out ways to get around the tracking."
(BLOGMA, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation said this week that it had cracked the code used in Xerox printers to embed details about the printer, including serial number, along with time and date information.
The EFF reported the existence of the watermarks this summer, and this week published source code of a Xerox decoding program. Speculation launched as to what other technology the government was tracking. And bloggers almost immediately began figuring out ways to get around the tracking."
(BLOGMA, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
DOG BITES LEGISLATOR
"Bob Schwartz, who also is New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's crime adviser and the author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend after his own dog attacked him."
(SFGATE, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
"Bob Schwartz, who also is New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's crime adviser and the author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend after his own dog attacked him."
(SFGATE, unearthed by Paul Whitehurst)
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