1. Feds might start investigating Cheney to CIA: keep it quiet thing -
So the former VP told the CIA to not tell the Senate Intelligence Committee about some super-secret counter terrorism program. Now there’s pressure on the administration to launch an investigation. Seems like plenty of people know about the program, and you’d think it’d leak out. But how big of a can of worms would this be if they start digging around? A Partial answer could probably be found in the fact that the Obama Administration isn’t too keen on digging too deep. (From the NY Times)
2. Kurds start to write new constitution, lay claim to oil and gas lands – If this escalates out of control, it could get very ugly. The Kurds don’t want to be a part of Iraq. And that’d be just fine if the Turks didn’t hate their guts, and the Kurds didn’t hate the Turks right back, and the U.S. didn’t need Turkey to play ball, and the U.S. wasn’t pushing for a unified everyone like each other despite their differences Iraq. Got that? So for now the Kurds sit in Northern Iraq, their own kinda semi-independent nation within a nation, and they’re pushing for more power and resources. feathers are being ruffled. Everywhere. (From UPI)
3. Sotomayor Confirmation begins – Statements today, questions tomorrow. So tomorrow is when things start to get nasty. (From the Washington Post)
4. How close did the Army’s Delta Force get to Bin Laden? – About 2000 Meters. And the leader of a group of 50 special ops commandos serious considered taking on a thousand Al-Qaeda Fighters to get to the cave Osama Bin Laden was hiding in. In a report that re-ran on 60 minutes last night, Scott Perry talks with the disguised leader who had two plans shot down by higher ups, went with a third, had his Afghan fighter support abandon him, and more or less had a desert of sand thrown in the gears
of his mission. And they STILL almost got Bin Laden. (From 60 minutes)
5. Bruno is out. Everyone quit it with the practicle jokes - Stephen Marche authors last month’s “A thousand Words About Our Culture” in Esquire Magazine titled: “Can We Stop with All the Pranks?” Here’s the fatal flaw with practical jokes. Step 1: Get the victim to trust you. Solution to not being the victim of practical jokes: Give no one the benefit of the doubt. Well that’s nice. (From Esquire)
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Cheney and CIA Can of Worms to be opened
So the former VP told the CIA to not tell the Senate Intelligence Committee about some super-secret counter terrorism program. Now there’s pressure on the administration to launch an investigation. Seems like plenty of people know about the program, and you’d think it’d leak out. But how big of a can of worms would this be if they start digging around? A Partial answer could probably be found in the fact that the Obama Administration isn’t too keen on digging too deep. (From the NY Times)
2. Kurds start to write new constitution, lay claim to oil and gas lands – If this escalates out of control, it could get very ugly. The Kurds don’t want to be a part of Iraq. And that’d be just fine if the Turks didn’t hate their guts, and the Kurds didn’t hate the Turks right back, and the U.S. didn’t need Turkey to play ball, and the U.S. wasn’t pushing for a unified everyone like each other despite their differences Iraq. Got that? So for now the Kurds sit in Northern Iraq, their own kinda semi-independent nation within a nation, and they’re pushing for more power and resources. feathers are being ruffled. Everywhere. (From UPI)
3. Sotomayor Confirmation begins – Statements today, questions tomorrow. So tomorrow is when things start to get nasty. (From the Washington Post)
of his mission. And they STILL almost got Bin Laden. (From 60 minutes)
5. Bruno is out. Everyone quit it with the practicle jokes - Stephen Marche authors last month’s “A thousand Words About Our Culture” in Esquire Magazine titled: “Can We Stop with All the Pranks?” Here’s the fatal flaw with practical jokes. Step 1: Get the victim to trust you. Solution to not being the victim of practical jokes: Give no one the benefit of the doubt. Well that’s nice. (From Esquire)