] A REPORT declassified by the United Nations yesterday
] contained a hidden bombshell with the revelation that
] inspectors have recently discovered an undeclared Iraqi
] drone with a wingspan of 7.45m, suggesting an illegal
] range that could threaten Iraq's neighbours with
] chemical and biological weapons.

] US officials were outraged that Hans Blix, the chief
] UN weapons inspector, did not inform the Security
] Council about the drone, or remotely piloted vehicle,
] in his oral presentation to Foreign Ministers and tried
] to bury it in a 173-page single-spaced report
] distributed later in the day. The omission raised
] serious questions about Dr Blix’s objectivity.

UK Times - Iraqi drone 'could drop chemicals on troops'

] Since the end of the cold war, the United States has been
] trying to come up with an operating theory of the
] world—and a military strategy to accompany it. Now
] there’s a leading contender. It involves identifying the
] problem parts of the world and aggressively shrinking
] them. Since September 11, 2001, the author, a professor
] of warfare analysis, has been advising the Office of the
] Secretary of Defense and giving this briefing continually
] at the Pentagon and in the intelligence community. Now
] he gives it to you.

The Pentagon's New Map

] The present administration's embrace of the religious
] right also leads, by a bizarre route, to the further
] strengthening of the Israel lobby. Unbelievably,
] born-again doctrine insists that Israel must be blindly
] supported, not because it is the only semi-democracy in
] that crescent, but because it is due to host the second
] coming. Armageddon is scheduled to take place near the
] hill of Megiddo (where, in recent months; an Israeli bus
] was suicide-bombed by another kind of believer). The
] Rapture, the Tribulation, the Binding of the Antichrist:
] it isn't altogether clear how much of this rubbish Bush
] swallows (though Reagan swallowed it whole). VS Naipaul
] has described the religious impulse as the inability "to
] contemplate man as man", responsible to himself and
] uncosseted by a higher power. We may consider this a
] weakness; Bush, dangerously, considers it a strength.

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Martin Amis: The palace of the end

] A man was charged with trespassing in a mall after he
] refused to take off a T-shirt that said "Peace on Earth"
] and "Give peace a chance."
]
] Mall security approached Stephen Downs, 61, and his
] 31-year-old son, Roger, on Monday night after they were
] spotted wearing the T-shirts at Crossgates Mall in a
] suburb of Albany, the men said.

This is just WRONG.

Unless this article (and the one on CNN) are missing something, like the guy became irate and threatened security guards or something like that, this is way over the line. You can't wear a tee shirt in the mall that advocates peace?

This mall is going to feel some serious heat.

Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt

] Britain's The Observer newspaper has published a memo
] that purportedly orders increased espionage against U.N.
] Security Council diplomats. The memo is likely a forgery:
] It includes un-American spellings, and the writer
] apparently lacks understanding of the U.S. intelligence
] community's structure.

Observer story likely faked.

] The United States is conducting a secret 'dirty tricks'
] campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New
] York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war
] against Iraq.
]
] Details of the aggressive surveillance operation, which
] involves interception of the home and office telephones
] and the emails of UN delegates in New York, are revealed
] in a document leaked to The Observer.

The Observer | Special reports | Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war

] Last month, the Senate convened a hearing on the presumed
] problem of %u201Cpayola%u201D in the radio industry. The
] hearing followed the re-introduction of a bill by Sen.
] Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) to rein in the industry%u2019s
] %u201Cnew pay-for-play system.%u201D The legislation, in
] turn, follows a spate of media attention%u2014from the
] New York Times, ABC%u2019s 20/20, and PBS%u2019s
] Frontline%u2014on payola.

Washington City Paper Cover Story: Same Old Song and Dance

] Under threat of severe penalties, the vast majority of
] North Korea's 22 million people are not allowed any
] contact with the outside world -- letters, telephone
] calls, travel, radio or television programs.
]
] All citizens are required to register their radios with
] the local police. On registration, foreign-made radios
] are tuned to the state radio frequency, soldered into
] place, and sealed.

Some Korean-American activist groups are advocating the smuggling in of thousands of tiny radios, capable of receiving foreign broadcasts.

I *like* this idea.

(Note: This link is for a NY Times article, so registration may be required)

Infiltrators of North Korea: Tiny Radios

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan.

Pakistan Arrests Alleged 9/11 Mastermind

The policies we are now asked to advance are incompatible not only with American values but also with American interests. Our fervent pursuit of war with Iraq is driving us to squander the international legitimacy that has been America?s most potent weapon of both offense and defense since the days of Woodrow Wilson. We have begun to dismantle the largest and most effective web of international relationships the world has ever known. Our current course will bring instability and danger, not security.

The resignation letter from John Brady Kiesling to Colin Powell. Requires registration with the NY Times.

U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation - nytimes.com