[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 20:16:04 PST

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    Here are some more URL's.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.
    
    RRE home page: <http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html>
    
    
    
    attack and war
    
    Bin Laden Trapped as US Closes In
    http://www.smh.com.au/news/0111/19/world/world1.html
    http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/article/0,,2001531181,00.html
    
    map of Afghan ethnic groups
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/key_maps/ethnic_groups.stm
    
    Long Before September 11th, Bin Laden Aircraft Flew Under the Radar
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000092163nov18.story
    
    We Know Flight 93 Crashed, But Not Why
    http://dailynews.philly.com/content/daily_news/2001/11/18/local/SHOT15C.htm
    
    New Letter Boosts Domestic Theory on Anthrax Attack
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000092173nov18.story
    
    Since September 11th, Vacant Offices and Lost Vigor
    (clue: Lower Manhattan needs vastly more residential development)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/nyregion/19DOWN.html
    
    Red Cross Has Pattern of Diverting Donations
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50540-2001Nov18.html
    
    Northern Alliance Hires US Lobbyist
    http://www.frontierpost.com.pk/afghan.asp?id=7&date1=11/18/2001
    
    intensely distasteful tax cut lobbying
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/18/business/yourmoney/18TAXX.html?pagewanted=print
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/322/business/Companies_hitching_pitches_to_Sept_11+.shtml
    
    jargon watch must-hear: Rush Limbaugh fabricates a twisted accusation
    (listen to this hate and tell me why some liberals don't like conservatives)
    http://mfile.akamai.com/5020/asf/rushlimb.download.akamai.com/5020/clips/01/11/111901_3_trudeaugalen.asx
    
    the full story of the Washington Times' shameful distortion of Clinton's speech
    (and the echo-chamber pundits who spread Times' lies without checking them)
    http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20011119.html
    
    
    civil liberties and security
    
    Patriot Act Would Make Watchdogs of Firms
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/322/business/Patriot_Act_would_make_watchdogs_of_firms+.shtml
    
    "the new anti-terrorism bill may force internet firms to spy on us"
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,593343,00.html
    
    States Revise Rules for Driver's Licenses
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50501-2001Nov18.html
    
    Security, Fear, and National ID Cards
    http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/special/sept01/idcards.html
    
    Ben Shneiderman testifying for the ACM on National ID cards
    http://www.acm.org/usacm/National.htm
    
    another protest against face recognition software
    http://www.notbored.org/17nov01.html
    
    "critics say online message board screeners favor harsh anti-Arab messages"
    http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/censor111801.htm
    
    Neuroscientist Forced Off Plane
    (due to an anonymous complaint that he was "acting strange")
    http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_standard.xsl?/base/front_page/100574253426924100.xml
    
    Detainee Caught in the Backwash of September 11th
    (exam question: did the government act properly in this case?)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000092311nov19.story
    
    High Tech, Low Effort at INS
    (problems with green cards)
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000092310nov19.story
    
    State CIOs to Map Info Sharing
    http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2001/1112/web-nascio-11-15-01.asp
    https://www.nascio.org/
    
    Companies Compete to Provide Saudi Internet Veil
    http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/19/technology/19SAUD.html
    
    widening suppression of government information
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000092164nov18.story
    
    former government officials now lobbying for airlines
    http://web.realcities.com/content/rc/news/attack/miami/1956629617.htm
    
    The State of Airline Security
    http://web.realcities.com/content/rc/news/attack/miami/1956629588.htm
    
    AA 587: Vertical Stabilizer and Components of Aircraft Recovered from the Water
    (pictures)
    http://www.ntsb.gov/Events/2001/AA587/tailcomp.htm
    
    
    politics
    
    "written evidence that Gore might have won -- and that the NY Times blew it"
    (Judge Lewis was going to count the overvotes)
    http://slate.msn.com/?id=2058793
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/660124.asp
    
    the last horrible book by Barbara Olson
    http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/11/19/olson/
    
    author of "The Bush Dyslexicon" on the anti-intellectual hate mail he gets
    http://www.centerforbookculture.org/context/no9/miller.html
    
    
    news from Planet Microsoft
    
    US Rejected Certain Penalties in Microsoft Settlement
    http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZHHQBM4UC
    
    Some Experts Fear Ties Between Microsoft and Blackboard
    http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i13/13a02701.htm
    
    Microsoft Apologizes in Security Flap
    (pathetic)
    http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7920273.html
    
    
    everything else
    
    Why the New Federal Health Privacy Regulation Doesn't Protect Internet Users
    http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=49
    
    Amherst Company Sets Up Cardless Service at Library System
    (using biometrics to check out books)
    http://buffalo.bcentral.com/buffalo/stories/2001/11/12/daily39.html
    
    "some sites benefit from post-September 11th upgrades; others standing still"
    http://www.internetweek.com/newslead01/lead111501.htm
    
    public radio interview with Tom Kelley of IDEO
    http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/fa/20010208.fa.ram
    
    Judges Consolidate Aimster Suits, Move Trial to Chicago
    http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/172258.html
    
    Why Tech Innovation Is Under Threat
    http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1014-201-7921483-0.html
    
    article on ecosystem-based fishery management
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50767-2001Nov18.html
    
    more websites debunking Bjorn Lomborg's book "The Skeptical Environmentalist"
    http://www.ucsusa.org/environment/lomborg.html
    http://www.wri.org/wri/press/mk_lomborg.html
    
    guy who sold everything he owns on eBay
    (now he's traveling around visiting it all)
    http://www.allmylifeforsale.com/html/project/info1.html
    
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