[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 22:53:00 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
    
    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/
    
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