Here are some more URL's. Thanks to everyone who contributed. RRE home page: http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html Pick Hit: Maharajapuram Santhanam war report from Bagram, Afghanistan http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15102 Manual for a "Raid" http://www.nybooks.com/articles/15106 Terror Suspects Face Credit Card Fraud Charges http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46088-2002Jan14.html Australian in a Cage, But Still No Answers http://www.smh.com.au/news/0201/14/world/world1.html information on the US-Afghanistan Reconstruction Council http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/2001/afghans/011222.afghans.html programs relating to Afghan Americans at the Museum of Natural History, NYC http://www.amnh.org/education/jan2002/ UK callup of military intelligence reservists http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukresponse/story/0,11017,632455,00.html Emerging Alternatives in Palestine by Edward Said http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly/2002/568/op2.htm unpleasant call for war in India http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jan/14varsha.htm the Bush scandals A Creeping Collapse in Credibility at the White House http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0111-05.htm scorecard for the scandals http://www.failureisimpossible.com/needtoknow/scandals.htm Interior's Silence on Corps Plan Questioned (Gale Norton has a robust pattern of suppressing inconvenient science) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40646-2002Jan13.html Conflict of Interest for Christine Todd Whitman? (we're back to the patterns of the Reagan era) http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/01/14/whitman/print.html The Bush 100: Close Ties Between Government, Business http://www.public-i.org/story_01_011402.htm Despite President's Denials, Enron and Lay Were Early Backers of Bush http://www.tpj.org/press_releases/enron.html Bush, Enron Chief: A Long Alliance http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/01/13/lay/ Bush and Enron's Collapse http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=938154 Lights Out: Enron's Failed Power Play (uh oh: the media is running photos of Bush's smirk again) http://www.msnbc.com/news/686993.asp Who's Accountable for Enron? http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,193520,00.html Enron's Collapse Screams Bloody Murder http://www.msnbc.com/news/687683.asp Enron Spin Cycle http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,323800-412,00.shtml A Bubble That Enron Insiders and Outsiders Didn't Want to Pop http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/business/14ENRO.html Enron: Greed Is the Creed http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,632020,00.html liberal pundits jumping the gun on Bush administration Enron corruption (c'mon -- there are plenty of patterns to write about just on the facts) http://www.spinsanity.org/columns/20020114.html excellent commentary from Dan Schorr that starts to sketch the big picture http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020114.atc.12.ram Officials Deny Knowing Enron Woes http://www.msnbc.com/news/684964.asp Bush Chief of Staff Knew of Enron's Plea (it doesn't matter: Enron is simply one manifestation of Bush's whole milieu) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40467-2002Jan13.html Bush Team May Have Feared Enron Aid (remember that the LTCM restructuring involved no public funds) http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/01/14/enron_aid/ GOP Image at Risk in Enron Saga (compared to what?) http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0114/p1s1-uspo.html Enron Pumped Cash Into Think Tanks Too http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46068-2002Jan14.html Democrats Split on Enron Probe (without dozens of think tanks and talk shows, there's not much they can do) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40691-2002Jan13.html http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/15BAIL.html John Dingell lists his questions about Enron http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020114.atc.11.ram Crony Capitalism, USA http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/opinion/15KRUG.html Enron: Pulling the Plug on the Global Power Broker (December 2001) http://www.corpwatch.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=1016 Paul O'Neill Savaged Over Enron Comment http://www.smh.com.au/news/0201/14/world/world102.html Lawmaker Sees "Strong Evidence" of Insider Trading at Enron http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/topstory2/1211294 Shareholders' Attorney: Enron Execs "Cooked the Books" http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/01/14/enron/ Who Killed Enron http://www.msnbc.com/news/686994.asp Enron Employee Warned of Problems http://www.msnbc.com/news/684964.asp http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/politics/15ENRO.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45822-2002Jan14.html how Enron shafted its employees (unfortunately Bob Herbert has little that's original to say about anything) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/opinion/14HERB.html Ken Lay's memo of 14 August 2001 assuring Enron employees that all was well http://www.cursor.org/stories/enronemail.htm Enron Workers Went Down With Ship http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,324196-412,00.shtml Former Enron Employees Deeply Angered By Their Treatment As Company Went Down http://www.boston.com/dailynews/013/nation/Former_Enron_employees_deeply_%3A.shtml Corporate Giant's Fall Takes Toll on Houston ("the breadth of Enron's roots in Houston became evident last week when ...") http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/national/14HOUS.html Enron Eased Way Into Florida With Cash ("most of the money went to Florida Republicans") http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/sunday/news_c314e1bc268f40b10070.html Florida, Enron, and Alliance Capital http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/2002/01/011402_Florida_Enron_Alliance.html more on Enron in India http://www.altindia.net/enron/ http://www.igc.org/trac/feature/india/profiles/enron/ US Warns India on Enron (September 2001) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1529000/1529026.stm Report: Auditor Told Employees to Destroy Enron Documents http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/01/13/enron/ Andersengate (note his sideways whack at Bob Rubin's successful Mexico policy) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/opinion/14SAFI.html Who's Keeping the Accountants Accountable? http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/15ACCO.html politics Election Officials Seek New Funds, Not Rules http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45634-2002Jan14.html "conservatives who obstructed Clinton's efforts to fight terrorism are now ..." (requires subscription) http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2002/01/15/clinton/index.html HHS Secretary Says Agencies Must Speak With One Voice (part of a broad pattern of suppressing scientific opinion within the gov't) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40710-2002Jan13.html How Politics Helped Redefine the Missile Threat http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40780-2002Jan13.html more on that blithering tract about supposed bias at CBS (it's sad to think of the little subculture that can be fed such tripe) http://www.dailyhowler.com/h011402_1.shtml jargon watch: study the devices used to tilt the issues away from Cornel West (having dissolved reason, the pundit unleashes the dogs) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/13/weekinreview/13ZERN.html?pagewanted=print civil liberties and security States Seek National ID Funds http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41032-2002Jan13.html State DMVs Plan to Combat License Fraud ("nationalizing driver's license databases raises fears") http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/14/gen.drivers.license/ American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (including information about biometrics and the de facto national ID) http://www.aamva.org/ video of an announcement about interlinking of drivers' licenses http://www.connectlive.com/events/motorvehicles/ You'll Love Those National ID Cards http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0114/p11s1-coop.html recent court decision on fingerprint evidence http://www.onin.com/fp/daubert_links3.html#us_v_plaza links to more fingerprint challenges http://www.onin.com/fp/daubert_links.html New Side to Face-Recognition Technology: Identifying Victims http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/science/physical/15FACE.html more on the tribunals against Nazi saboteurs in 1942 (the problem with war is that strong feelings lead to dangerous precedents) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16626-2002Jan8.html Flight Crews Will Get Training in Self-Defense http://www.miami.com/herald/content/business/digdocs/041248.htm paper on the consequences of 9/11 for the concept of international security http://www.aicgs.org/topics/911/911arora.shtml Security Flaws May Be Pitfall for Microsoft http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-000003463jan14.story everything else Future Cars Go High-Tech, Add Entertainment Features http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0111/p3s1-usgn.html A Vision of the "Smart" Office of the Future (I predict failure for this whole model because it violates the user illusion) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/technology/14NECO.html Does Fast Internet Need Push? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45676-2002Jan14.html Fiber-Optic Lines Languish Under Scarred City Streets http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/134390552_darkfiber130.html On the Trail of Taking a Bite Out of Spammers (recovering damages from spammers under Washington State's law) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/134390118_spam12m.html Onward, Christian Moguls (the spectrum giveaway and religious broadcasters) http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/1/koerner-b-2.html Bride of UCITAstein http://www.infoworld.com/articles/op/xml/02/01/14/020114opfoster.xml Colleges Fighting US Trade Proposal Say It Favors For-Profit Distance Education (higher education is an international trade issue -- where have I been?) http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i19/19a03301.htm Disturbing the Educational Universe: Universities in the Digital Age http://web.mit.edu/president/communications/rpt00-01.html Media Grok reborn as Media Unspun (free through March) http://guterman.com/ United Nations Adopts Resolution on the World Summit on the Information Society http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2002/01.html loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland threaten to kill Catholic teachers (Catholic discipline in the face of extreme provocations has been impressive) http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,632665,00.html PR Watch http://www.prwatch.org/ end
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