smugllama's news review
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
MSNBC - Search for WMD in Iraq ended
"The hunt for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in Iraq has come to an end nearly two years after President Bush ordered U.S. troops to disarm Saddam Hussein. The top CIA weapons hunter is home, and analysts are back at Langley."
"The hunt for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons in Iraq has come to an end nearly two years after President Bush ordered U.S. troops to disarm Saddam Hussein. The top CIA weapons hunter is home, and analysts are back at Langley."
Friday, January 07, 2005
donga.com [english donga]
"It was revealed Wednesday that North Korea distributed a directive and a wartime bylaw by National Defense Committee Chairman Kim Jong Il nationwide on April 7, 2004."
"It was revealed Wednesday that North Korea distributed a directive and a wartime bylaw by National Defense Committee Chairman Kim Jong Il nationwide on April 7, 2004."
News / World / UN agency finds hints of Egypt nuclear work (Boston.com)
"VIENNA -- The UN atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said yesterday."
"VIENNA -- The UN atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said yesterday."
Thursday, January 06, 2005
AG Nominee Gonzales Grilled (www.cbsnews.com)
"'I will no longer represent only the White House. I will represent the United States of America and its people. I understand the difference between the two roles,' President Bush's counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "
"'I will no longer represent only the White House. I will represent the United States of America and its people. I understand the difference between the two roles,' President Bush's counsel told the Senate Judiciary Committee. "
HoustonChronicle.com - General says Reserve may become 'broken force'
"WASHINGTON - Burdens placed on military reservists since the Sept. 11 attacks, combined with 'dysfunctional' Pentagon policies, have damaged both morale and retention and threaten to turn the Army Reserve into a 'broken force,' the commander of the Reserve has told Pentagon leaders."
"WASHINGTON - Burdens placed on military reservists since the Sept. 11 attacks, combined with 'dysfunctional' Pentagon policies, have damaged both morale and retention and threaten to turn the Army Reserve into a 'broken force,' the commander of the Reserve has told Pentagon leaders."
Tuesday, January 04, 2005
The death of Ray Lemme, a senior investigator...(mydd.com)
"The death of Ray Lemme, a senior investigator with the Inspector General's Office of the Florida Department of Transportation, who prior to his death said he was close to cracking an investigation into a Florida company surreptitiously hired to create software to change the results recorded by electronic voting machines, is likely not a suicide, according to investigative reporter Wayne Madsen. Yang Enterprises, a NASA contractor, created the program at the request of Tom Feeney, former Speaker of the Florida House of Represenatives and now a Member of Congress. In mid-2003 when former DOT employee Clint Curtis spoke to Lemme for what turned out to be the final time, he recalled that Lemme was excited about the case he was building, telling Curtis that the pressure not to investigate Yang Enterprises was coming from 'as high up as I could imagine'"
"The death of Ray Lemme, a senior investigator with the Inspector General's Office of the Florida Department of Transportation, who prior to his death said he was close to cracking an investigation into a Florida company surreptitiously hired to create software to change the results recorded by electronic voting machines, is likely not a suicide, according to investigative reporter Wayne Madsen. Yang Enterprises, a NASA contractor, created the program at the request of Tom Feeney, former Speaker of the Florida House of Represenatives and now a Member of Congress. In mid-2003 when former DOT employee Clint Curtis spoke to Lemme for what turned out to be the final time, he recalled that Lemme was excited about the case he was building, telling Curtis that the pressure not to investigate Yang Enterprises was coming from 'as high up as I could imagine'"
