* must read " Downing Street admitted yesterday that MI6 embarked on an unprecedented cover-up after it withdrew intelligence supporting the Government's dossier on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction because it was unreliable." http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=541887
the brits are as bad as the americans.

* an interview with that lipscombe chick from f911 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1256558,00.html?=rss

* "German prosecutors are preparing to drop all the most serious charges against the only man convicted for the 11 September attacks, because they fear that crucial American evidence was obtained by torturing detainees."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/september11/story/0,11209,1263804,00.html

* "One Bush adviser said, "The general feeling is we've got to have the same ambition and clarity we're bringing to the international agenda to some important domestic policy issues. . . . I don't think it's accurate to say we're making a turn. It's accurate to say we're filling out a message." fukking great.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58274-2004Jul17.html
i love the options laid out "The longer Bush has waited to lay out his agenda, the more that has triggered discussion among policy analysts about what Bush should propose. Will he attempt to run again as a compassionate conservative? Will he claim the mantle of reform by tackling such major issues as the tax code and health care? Or will he frame his agenda under the rubric of an ownership society, designed to appeal to younger voters, by pushing not only Social Security accounts but also other tax-based savings programs for health, education and retirement?"
(reminds me of a fox/martha poll. "should she get a) the max b) a year c) parole d) walk free")