katrina survivors

* fox screen text: "katrina survivors: a better life in israel?"

* the padilla case continues to get weirder. the DoJ is now attacking the 4th circuit and they are in a wrestling match where the winner gets to keep padilla. amazing. (link)

* bob barr: "The signs are everywhere that the Bush White House is busily implementing all parts of this defense strategy. It would be refreshing if it decided to clear the air and actually be honest about its post-Sept. 11 surveillance. However, that's unlikely. The problem this president faces, as did his predecessors, is that full disclosure would lead to the remedy stage. No president wants to fight that end-game." (link)
ouch

* " Lawyers for Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held as an "enemy combatant" for nearly four years, want the Supreme Court to resolve how much power a president has while the nation is at war." (link)