gonzales got promoted

INTERNATIONAL STUFF
* "The six key arguments used by Lord Goldsmith to question the legality of the war were leaked at the weekend, but the full report strips away the last vestiges of defence by Mr Blair for his claim, repeated this week, that he had clear advice that the war was legal.... Families of some of the British soldiers killed in Iraq said they were preparing a legal case against the Prime Minister, based on the leaked document." LINK

* theres something resembling a govt in iraq. chalabi is deputy PM and interim oil minister. the sunnis got "four relatively insignificant portfolios — including tourism" and " nearly a third of the 275-member National Assembly stayed away from the vote" LINK

* "In the first real test of the Howard government’s barrage of anti-terrorism laws, a Sydney jury this month threw out charges laid against a young unemployed worker... The outcome also constitutes an indictment of the many media outlets that assisted the government by providing sensational and uncritical coverage of the police case... Together with ASIO, the state police conducted a classic entrapment campaign. A detective posed as a journalist to lure Mallah into making violent threats by offering $3,000 for his story... If Mallah had been found guilty of either charge, he could have faced life imprisonment... He has already spent 16 months in jail, mostly in solitary confinement. For much of the time he has been locked in a cell for 23 hours a day, denied contact visits and brought to court hearings in shackles. " LINK
same shit. different day/country. praps we should just tighten up on the terror laws so that none of these freedom-haters roam free amongst us.

* "Mexican President Vicente Fox moved Wednesday to defuse a political crisis that has consumed the country for weeks, accepting the resignation of the attorney general who had been leading the prosecution of Mexico City's popular mayor." LINK
gonzales got promoted.