y2k?

* " Senior Pentagon officials were warned not to let the USS Cole dock in Yemen two days before terrorists attacked the ship five years ago killing 17 sailors, according to Congressman Curt Weldon, who said the crucial intelligence was gleaned from the former secret defense operation, "Able Danger."" (link)

* larry wilkerson in his LAT op-ed: "(The CAbal's) insular and secret workings were efficient and swift — not unlike the decision-making one would associate more with a dictatorship than a democracy. This furtive process was camouflaged neatly by the dysfunction and inefficiency of the formal decision-making process..
Today, we have a president whose approval rating is 38% and a vice president who speaks only to Rush Limbaugh and assembled military forces. We have a secretary of Defense presiding over the death-by-a-thousand-cuts of our overstretched armed forces...
It's a disaster. Given the choice, I'd choose a frustrating bureaucracy over an efficient cabal every time." (link)

* Fox is playing the 'withdraw harriet' ad during brit hume - while simultaneouly saying that its only a small "ad buy of $250k" - lol

* via arthur, the UK Telegraph says that Judy MIller is like david brent of The Office fame

* " Frank Luntz, Republican pollster and strategist. said: “If [Fitzgerald] indicts, they [the White House] will have no choice but to attempt to demonise him. I think that is going to be really, really tough.”" (link)
ha ha - not even frank can help them

* "CBS’ JOHN ROBERTS: Lawyers familiar with the case think Wednesday is when special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will make known his decision, and that there will be indictments. " (link)

* FT: "Indictments in the CIA leak investigation case are expected to be handed down by a grand jury on Wednesday, bringing to a head a criminal inquiry that threatens to disrupt seriously President George W. Bush's second term." (link)

* apparently the break-in at the niger embassy in rome was "simulated" - bizarre (link)

* late traitorgate news is that the fbi has been interviewing Plame's neighbours about whether they knew she was CIA - this is bizarre at the eleventh hour - im not sure if its some sort of signalling, or if fitz is desperate.

* americablog has a fabulous new range of product - y2k? - as in "why are there 2000 dead american soldiers?"