Image by lungstruck via Flickr Susan Bolton made the news, whether she wanted to or not. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, that is. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton halted implementation of the parts of the law that require police to determine the immigration status of people they stop and think are in the country illegally. […]
The Pentagon Papers of the Afghan War? Or more smoke than fire?
Image via Wikipedia Check it at the New York Times here, the Wall Street Journal here, Boing Boing here, and especially here, at Wikileaks. It may be the “largest intelligence leak in history”. Here are a few books that you might want to read: Taliban, by Ahmed Rashid, Ghost Wars by Steve Coll, Unholy Wars […]
The Freedom of Information Act and the Presidency
During my undergrad days, I did a stint as a lowly intern in a mammoth sized bureaucracy in Washington, D.C. The building that housed the “Department” was built in the 1950s, and it smelled that way, too. One of my main tasks, other than attending endless meetings on subject matter about which I knew or […]



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