Summary: During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, writes the intelligence community's former senior analyst for the Middle East, the Bush administration disregarded the community's expertise, politicized the intelligence process, and selected unrepresentative raw intelligence to make its public case.
PAUL R. PILLAR is on the faculty of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. Concluding a long career in the Central Intelligence Agency, he served as National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005.
Cheney shot and injured fellow hunter in S. Texas. I like this quote from the ranch owner, in the Times account:
''Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we would have been,'' she said. ''The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came.''
''Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we would have been,'' she said. ''The vice president has got an ambulance on call, so the ambulance came.''
Short video of a 500 kV switch opening in the Nevada desert.
is this big?
I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his "superiors" to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003, according to a document filed by a federal prosecutor.
daytime c span baby
didnt watch the grammys. talking about a bankrupt system. i didnt even know u2 had a record out. i thought it was just part of the ipod advertising campaign. and get this industry babble about the populist phenom :
Grammy voters, for the first time, honored a contestant on the Fox television smash "American Idol," granting that populist phenomenon a measure of acceptance from the musical establishment. Kelly Clarkson, the winner on the show's first season, won best pop vocal album for her second album, "Breakaway" (RCA), and best female pop vocal performance — beating Ms. Carey — for the hit single "Since U Been Gone."
purported fake pollocks look real to me
moby's teany is bottling iced tea. it was only $1.65 at the deli but $2 at the website. ill have to check on the store price. decent. certainly less sickly sweet than snapple.
simpson maker
just saw an ad for the architectural digest home design show, march 9 -12
excellent day in daytime television today.
Debra Burlingame Watch: her testimony is used to justify domestic spying.
Still getting to know the new 'hood. So far I've found two gems, both from the same owner. Brown is a little cafe on Hester between Ludlow and Essex. Very nice. I am already sure this will become my regular breakfast / lunch spot. And then right next door is Orange, a small market which you can also reserve for private parties (their third business, Green, is a catering company.) I had been bemoaning the lack of quality food shopping down here, but Orange makes it all better. And it's all the more surprising given it's tiny size. But they literally have everything I need. Very european. Not many products, but they are all the best. Plus breads, cheese, meats (great prosciutto, yum) and a small selection of vegetables. Okay, sure, it's expensive, but so worth it. Very very nice.
greenbrownorange.com
greenbrownorange.com
Copy of a NY Times article on cooking scrambled poached eggs. I meant to save this when I read it a few months ago but I forgot. No problem though, thanks to teh intarweb!
you might need an extra home for this home computer.
looking for alternatives to the stupid bowl. guess ill tune into halftime for the commercials and the stones.
rip grandpa al lewis. actually i hated the munsters. i was an adams family guy from reading newyorker cartoons and the bound books of collected drawings.
Ciro Rodriguez is running against Bush's poodle in San Antonio/Laredo. I'm in for ciento.
Grizzly Man on Discovery Channel at 8:00.
