I didn’t retire in order to be obsessed with National Politics. That came later thanks to the rape of America by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Four years ago when I retired, I cut a deal with my wife. If she would live in our "weekend cabin" in North Georgia and pretend it was [...]
I just watched an older DVR’d Jon Stewart Daily Show - from a couple of weeks ago. He had Jack Goldsmith, the former DOJ Attorney who, with James Comey, stopped Alberto Gonzales and Andrew Card from trying to get John Ashcroft to sign authorizations while he was delerious in the hospital. Goldsmith has written the [...]
And while we’re on the subject of "protecting" Americans’ privacy, have you noticed that there’s one spot in Washington D.C. that’s been blurred in Google Earth? Take a look and guess who lives there…
I don’t even mind Mr. Cheney having it blurred. What I mind is his excessive preoccupation with his own safety and privacy [...]
Tinker, Tailor, Miner, Spy Why the NSA’s snooping is unprecedented in scale and scope. Jan. 3, 2006
… The New York Times [...]