PMMJ (cheetahmaster) wrote,
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"President Bush's profoundly un-American notion that he can arrest and indefinitely hold people without trial if he simply designates them "enemy combatants" ran afoul of the judicial branch yesterday."
-Dan Froomkin

Analysis: examining the blurry line between civilian and soldier.

"Why Washington can't get much done"

Rich Lowry on the administration, Congress, and our age of cynicism.

SOME NEWS:
* Insurgents strike the Golden Mosque, again.
* Speaking of Iraq, how about those benchmarks the government isn't meeting.
* Violence in Gaza continues unabated.
* Congress is issuing a subpoena for former Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers to discuss her role in the U.S. attorneys scandal.
* Dana Milbank on Mr. Bush's trip to the Hill to push for immigration legislation.
* Peres wins election in Israel.
* Twenty-five years later, looking back at the Falklands war.
* Coverage of the $65 million pants lawsuit.
* How about ratings for online movie trailers?
* Now in development: Stargate: Universe.

Don Herbert, a.k.a. Mr. Wizard, has passed away.
Tags: 2007, news, science!, tv
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