criminalizing everyday behavior

* " A mistaken CIA analysis of an Arabic-language television broadcast triggered a major terror alert in United States in 2003 and the cancellation of nearly 30 international flights, NBC News said." LINK
go read. its hysterical.

* the nysun does a long puff-piece on rosen from aipac which ends with this lovely para: "But, for Mr. Rosen's defenders, the entire affair has the potential of criminalizing everyday behavior in the nation's capital. When asked for a reaction to the matter, Mr. Indyk, who professed to inside information about the case other than news reports, was disdainful. He said, "The notion that this was all not kosher, treyf, when everyone does this in Washington, but Aipac does it more effectively - well, it's ridiculous."" - somehow, they titled it: "How Aide at Aipac Became a Target In U.S. Spy Case" LINK
im not sure on what grounds they called rosen an "Aide"

* in other Rosen news, heres him modestly describing aipacs influence: "...he pushed a napkin across the table. “You see this napkin?” he said. “In twenty-four hours, we could have the signatures of seventy senators on this napkin.”" LINK
and thats why we are back in iraq. and thats why we'll be at war with iran. aipac owns the Nazi brand. no-one can use it without there permission.

* in other aipac news, a former aipac, Asher, president recruited dickdurbin to run for congress, which might explain his pitiful tears. aipac speak, you listen.
"Asher went on, “(Durbin) beat (the incumbent) with a lot of help from Jews, in-state and out-of-state. Now, how did the Jewish money find him? I travelled around the country talking about how we had the opportunity to defeat someone unfriendly to Israel. And the gates opened.”" LINK

* "Although Guard officials said the new unit would not collect information on American citizens, top National Guard officials have already been involved in tracking at least one recent Mother's Day anti-war rally organized by families of slain American soldiers, according to e-mails obtained by the Mercury News... he said the military would be ''negligent'' in not tracking such anti-war rallies in the event that they disintegrate into a riot that could prompt the governor to call out troops." LINK

* "The (SCOTUS) justices' decision not to intervene leaves reporters Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine in contempt of court for refusing to reveal their sources in a leak probe involving CIA officer Valerie Plame. Each reporter faces up to 18 months in jail." LINK

* Government Reform Chairman Tom Davis (R) is threatening MLB's anti-trust boondoggle if they sell the Nats to soros... LINK

"heres juan cole: "Most observers I know of who know anything serious about military training don't expect an effective Iraqi army to be stood up for five to ten years, so if Jaafari thinks there is a quick fix in this regard, he is just wrong." LINK

* "The sense of fear in Baghdad is difficult to convey. Petrol is such a necessity because people need to pick up their children from school because they are terrified of them being kidnapped. Parents mob the doors of schools and swiftly become hysterical if they cannot find their children. Doctors are fleeing the country because so many have been held for ransom, some tortured and killed because their families could not raise the money." LINK
patrick coburn seems to know more about what is going on that anyone.