[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 21:49:24 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: Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left
    
    
    war
    
    Qaeda Moving Into Indonesia, Officials Fear
    (but let's not give Indonesia's military too much of an excuse)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/international/asia/23INDO.html
    
    Philippine Military Admits It Needs US Help
    (good details about US military activities in the Philippines)
    http://www.inq7.net/nat/2002/jan/23/nat_4-1.htm
    
    The al-Qaeda Getaway
    http://www.newyorker.com/FACT/?020128fa_FACT
    
    Pashtun Ire Toward US Grows
    http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/022/nation/Pashtun_ire_toward_US_grows+.shtml
    
    conservatives again advocating that we ignore international law
    (this problem is unfortunately bipartisan)
    http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/810hjeup.asp
    
    the distributed computing project that's working on the anthrax toxin
    http://members.ud.com/projects/anthrax/
    
    Why Bush Deserves His Share of the 9/11 Blame
    http://www.americanprospect.com/webfeatures/2002/01/page-a-01-23.html
    
    The Oliver North and Osama Connection ... or Not
    (I get so much junk that comes labeled "unbelievable!" -- like, duh)
    http://www.townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/lc20020122.shtml
    http://www.northamerican.com/EMAIL_RESPONSE.htm
    http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blnorth.htm
    http://www.snopes2.com/rumors/north.htm
    
    
    civil liberties etc
    
    Names of Post-September 11th Detainees Not Forthcoming: Justice
    http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZPP7RBSWC
    
    Treatment of Taliban Raises Concerns, Europeans Say
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/international/23CND-DETAIN.html?pagewanted=print
    
    China Censors Web Surfers
    http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,3639341%255E2703,00.html
    
    
    the Bush scandals
    
    Wide Effort Seen in Shredding Data on Enron's Audits
    ("scores of Andersen people were involved in destruction of Enron documents")
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24ENRO.html?pagewanted=print
    
    "the Enron debacle undermines the credibility of modern business culture"
    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_04/b3767701.htm
    
    Independence Is Essential in Enron Probe
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000005720jan23.story
    
    Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay Resigns, Company Says
    (rumored as next Secretary of the Treasury after Paul O'Neill)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/23WIRE-LAY.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Was Enron Also a Cult?
    http://www.projo.com/report/html/06908391.htm
    
    Enron Suit Cites Racketeering Charges
    http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BACAE48E9%2D0D10%2D42AB%2D9D45%2D4ED4BBB7AF2B%7D&siteid=mktw
    
    some excessively fine details about Enron and related matters
    http://j-marshall.com/talk/jan0203.html#012202703am
    
    "his mother-in-law served as a device to distance himself from the debacle"
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/politics/24POLI.html
    
    Waxman letter to Cheney listing ways that Enron benefited from energy program
    (plus assorted background)
    http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_admin_enron_jan_16_rep.pdf
    http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_admin_enron_jan_16_let.pdf
    http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_energy_cheney_chrono_jan_8.pdf
    http://www.house.gov/reform/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_energy_cheney_enron_let.pdf
    
    campaign to pry loose information about Enron's role in the "energy plan"
    http://www.moveon.org/levelwithus/
    
    more on Dick Cheney's discussions about Enron on his visit to India
    http://www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/290601/dtLFOR01.asp
    
    how the Bush anti-regulation agenda helped Enron hide its losses offshore
    http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/deregulation/articles.cfm?ID=6657
    
    Enron Evasions: Lessons From Ari Fleischer in the Art of Spin
    http://slate.msn.com/?id=2061084
    
    There's No Positive Spin on This One, Mr. Lindsey
    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_04/b3767710.htm
    
    Blaming Liberalism for Enron
    http://slate.msn.com/?id=2061023&device=
    
    There's a Reason You Can't Know ... Just Because
    http://tampatrib.com/News/MGAH7NOGOWC.html
    
    Exemption Won in 1997 Set Stage for Enron Woes
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/23EXEM.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Thirteen Senators Pressured SEC to Abandon Proposed Audit Rule
    (headline is somewhat misleading; evidence isn't clear on all of them)
    http://www.hillnews.com/012302/audit.shtm
    
    "the fee Enron paid Andersen was one of the richest in corporate America"
    (remember to say "alleged")
    http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000005868jan23.story
    
    Accounting Ethics Board Resigns, Rejecting Plan by SEC Chief
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/23ACCO.html
    
    
    politics
    
    US Budget Surplus Gone
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1775000/1775698.stm
    
    The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2003-2012
    http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=3275&sequence=0&from=7
    
    Washington Times Continues Daschle Spin
    (plumbing the depths of English to find names to call)
    http://www.spinsanity.org/post.html?2002_01_20_archive.html#8975100
    
    Daschle Answers Critics in Ad Blitz
    http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-daschles-battle0122jan22.story
    
    
    everything else
    
    Strategic Alliances and Corporate Social Capital
    http://www.soc.umn.edu/~knoke/pages/Todeva&Knoke.pdf
    
    A Guide to Financing Technology Infrastructure in Higher Education
    http://www.ihep.com/Pubs/PDF/FTI.pdf
    
    PC Voting Software Passes FEC Test
    http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2002/0121/web-vote-01-23-02.asp
    
    When Nerds Collide: Bots in the Ring
    ("in 10 years, it will be bigger than Nascar" -- gosh, he might be right)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/circuits/24ROBO.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Complaint by AOL's Netscape Against Microsoft for Antitrust Damages
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/microsoft/ntscpmcrsft12202cmp.pdf
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/ebusiness/24SOFT.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Industry Says Ho-Hum to Netscape Suit
    (nobody cares about Netscape, and Microsoft's hegemony is a done deal)
    http://news.com.com/2100-1001-820564.html
    
    lives of the Silicon Valley temps
    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/01/20/IN.DTL
    
    Long Live Marmite! Only the British Could Love It
    (explains a lot)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/international/europe/24MARM.html
    
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