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: David Gray, White Ladder war Conduct of War Is Redefined by Success of Special Forces ("we have more junior level access to important intelligence than ever before") http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/international/asia/21FORC.html?pagewanted=all Oxfam response to Afghanistan (plus interesting documents on reconstruction) http://www.oxfam.org/news/afghan.htm Somali views of "Black Hawk Down" http://www.banadir.com/black_hawk.shtml http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/22/international/africa/22SOMA.html Libya "to Pay Damages for Lockerbie" http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=115429 Anthrax Missing From Army Lab http://www.ctnow.com/news/specials/hc-detrick0120.artjan20.story http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.anthrax21jan21.story http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12095-2002Jan20.html Missing Army Microbes Called Non-Infectious http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15970-2002Jan21.html When the Cage Bursts (Gaza after Arafat) http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=119287&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y jargon watch: it's partly their fault so it's none of ours (this tornado of jargon exemplifies a larger pattern, e.g., in debates on race) http://www.city-journal.org/html/12_1_why_the_muslims.html civil liberties and security more conservative opposition to the national ID card http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20020121-166867.htm huge number of fraudulent drivers' licenses issued by the California DMV (September 2000) http://www.ocregister.com/news/features/dmv/dmv00924cci1.shtml further controversy about the prisoners in Cuba http://www.msnbc.com/news/689029.asp http://makeashorterlink.com/?L21C1215 UK Terror Detentions "Barbaric" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/0,7721,362449,00.html Science and Law, Miami, 3-5 October 2002 (about scientific evidence in court) http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/scienceandlaw4.htm What's Really Behind Microsoft's New Commitment to Data Security http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20020117.html the Bush scandals United States v. Nixon (1974) (no general Presidential privilege in the face of judicial inquiries) http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/72.htm Silent Treatment Isn't Working for White House http://www.sundayherald.com/21651 more conservative criticism of Bush secrecy http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html who's helping the FBI fix its document management? The Andersen Shredding Co. (read down) http://www.msnbc.com/news/691089.asp "how much of the Enron mess is illegal and how much is business as usual?" http://www.msnbc.com/news/690929.asp new details about Enron's methods for hiding debt from its stockholders http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15912-2002Jan21.html The Enron Collapse: Cheney's Old Firm on Shaky Ground http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/01/20/BU125026.DTL Win American Hearts Through Sustained Lobbying: Neil Bush http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=12207 Ex-Official Says Enron Employees Shredded Papers Last Week http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/22/business/22ENRO.html?pagewanted=print http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16014-2002Jan21.html http://www.msnbc.com/news/691845.asp Enron Magazine and Governor George Bush http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1065980113 Ex-Enron Worker Auctions E-Mails http://www.vnunet.com/News/1128495 Enron Fired Workers for Complaining Online http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/business/21WORK.html?pagewanted=print Enron's Law Firm Is in the Crosshairs http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jan2002/nf20020118_8522.htm SEC Soft on Crime Despite Recurring Fraud http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/columnists/jeff_brown.htm The California Energy Crisis Was a $71 Billion Hoax http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/rp/rp002169.pdf controversy over documents from Enron's dealings in India (I have no idea how credible any of this is) http://new.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=865 Monster Mess: The Enron Fallout Has Just Begun (it's not just political: it discredits numerous institutions) http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=206109 jargon watch: "anti-Texan stereotyping is profiling that many liberals approve" (I count at least four jargon devices in this sentence) http://www.msnbc.com/news/690986.asp everything else Open Source Software and the Economics of Organization http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/garzarelli.pdf denial that AOL is buying Red Hat http://news.com.com/2100-1001-819578.html A Credit Crisis for Web Casinos (online gambling is bad) http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/21/technology/ebusiness/21BETS.html?pagewanted=print Special Report: The Future of Apple http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tc_special/apple.htm Does the Smithsonian Need Hearings? http://www.sitruth.freeservers.com/ Help Save the Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center http://www.crcforever.50megs.com/ Cities as Strategic Sites, Manchester, UK, 7-9 November 2002 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cut/citiesasstrategicsites.html "High Tide" of Labor Unrest in China http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11895-2002Jan20.html end
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