Another thing that’s not changing in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is that new settlements keep going up. Ariel Sharon demands that the Palestinians alter their behavior with no guarantee of anything in return, and yet Israel refuses to change its behavior. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were some sort [...]
Entries from May 2002
May 31st, 2002 · Comments Off
May 31st, 2002 · Comments Off
I’m going to be out of town until June 3, there probabably won’t be any updates until Tuesday. In the meantime, enjoy the World Cup.
May 30th, 2002 · Comments Off
A data point: Palestinian Woman Bomber Bows Out of Suicide Attack.
May 30th, 2002 · Comments Off
I just discovered Greplaw, a weblog run by the Berkman Center that covers cyberlaw.
May 30th, 2002 · Comments Off
The Most Dangerous Place in the World: Salman Rushdie on the current round of brinkmanship between India and Pakistan.
May 30th, 2002 · Comments Off
FBI director Robert Mueller admitted yesterday that if the FBI had put all the available clues together, it’s possible that the attacks on 9/11 could possibly have been thwarted. I think that’s an accurate statement, and I think it’s important for the government to acknowledge that fact at all levels, because it says [...]
May 30th, 2002 · Comments Off
Today the Washington Post has a disturbing update from the war on terror. As many people already figured, many al Qaeda members have set up shop in Pakistan, and are now working with existing Pakistani militant groups. The article reports that al Qaeda members have been involved in every major anti-Western attack this year [...]
May 29th, 2002 · Comments Off
Jonathan Alter: Who Let the Terrorists Succeed? I haven’t followed the story of FBI incompetence that closely, mainly because it doesn’t surprise me at all. However, the story of Coleen Rowley, whose efforts to investigate Zacarias Moussaoui were thwarted by her higher ups, is particularly stinging. Now she has emerged as the Sherron [...]
May 29th, 2002 · Comments Off
A couple of days ago Phil Agre sent out a list of pointers that included a roundup of intelligence failure-related links, for those of you who are keeping track at home.
May 29th, 2002 · Comments Off
So I was all set to write about this decision by the Supreme Court, which once again shows just how far afield the current court is on constitutional issues. The details of the case are uninteresting, it’s only worth noting because it shows the lengths that “Justices” Scalia, Rehnquist, and Thomas are willing to [...]