] President George W. Bush's chief of staff yesterday
] dismissed as "a moot point" any lingering question about
] whether Bush relied on faulty intelligence to justify the
] invasion of Iraq.

well, of course it's moot... we're doing such a bang up job, and haven't even pissed off any other countries, not to mention that we finally capped saddam.

curse.

says Card :
] "Intelligence is a collection of dots, and then an
] analysis on how those dots might be connected.

well, at least i believe that our president may well have been playing a game of connect-the-dots in the oval office, but i'm pretty sure he'd've been trying to draw the horsie.

Newsday.com - Aide Defends Bush on Iraq

who's surprised? anyone?

Telegraph | News | Iraqis using US cash to attack the coalition

] Senior FBI officials took the unusual step Tuesday of
] publicly declaring that agents are not using the war
] against terrorism as a cover to collect information on
] people who demonstrate against the government.

oh, good, i was a bit worried there for a minute, but i guess it's all ok. i suppose i just need to learn to trust our benevolent federal police-state-in-the-making.

FBI declares publicly: We're not spying on protesters

another interesting bit. thoughts?

Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.

grand. but, no man, we're totally doing a great job in iraq.

Telegraph | News | US troops ignored pleas as they cut down Iraqi police

] On the night of Wednesday, August 27, two men dressed as
] computer technicians and carrying tool bags entered the
] cargo processing and intelligence centre at Sydney
] International Airport.

wow. oops.

The brazen airport computer theft that has Australia's anti-terror fighters up in arms - smh.com.au