we caught Zarqawi! he lives!

* why did the hacktackular brithume get to interview Blinky and Condi on consecutive days?

* "(Conrad) Black, a former newspaper mogul, was indicted by US federal prosecutors Thursday on racketeering and obstruction of justice charges. Fitzgerald announced the indictments after they were returned by a federal grand jury Thursday afternoon." (link)

* "The expanded indictment against Black adds four new charges against him one count each of racketeering, obstruction of justice, money laundering and wire fraud in addition to the eight counts of mail fraud and wire fraud he was charged with on Nov. 17.

* "Kidan, 41, entered the guilty plea in a Miami federal court to one count of conspiracy and one of wire fraud, each of which carries a possible sentence of five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Paul Huck accepted the plea and set sentencing for March 1." (link)
abramoff is toast. it looks like kidan got himself a helluva deal.

* "(CNN) -- Iraqi security forces caught the most wanted man in the country last year, but released him because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior said Thursday.
Hussain Kamal confirmed that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- was in custody at some point last year, but he wouldn't provide further details." (link)
hysterical, brilliant.