[RRE]pointers

From: Phil Agre (pagreat_private)
Date: Sat Oct 05 2002 - 08:59:22 PDT

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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
    
    
    Iraq
    
    The Push for War
    http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n19/print/liev01_.html
    
    US draft UN resolution on arms inspections in Iraq
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,803467,00.html
    
    line-by-line commentary on the resolution by a liberal think tank
    http://www.ips-dc.org/comment/Bennis/replytobush.htm
    
    almost 100 other Security Council resolutions also currently being violated
    (i.e., by countries other than Iraq)
    http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2002/0210unres.html
    
    US Use of Preemptive Military Force
    http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/13841.pdf
    
    "Humanitarian Disaster" Looms in Iraq
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2295589.stm
    
    CIA's Strategic Intelligence in Iraq
    http://www.psqonline.org/cgi-bin/99_article.cgi?byear=2002&bmonth=summer&a=02free&format=view
    
    Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs
    http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/iraq_wmd/Iraq_Oct_2002.htm
    
    CIA Rejects Request for Report on Preparations for War in Iraq
    (the Constitution doesn't enforce itself)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/politics/03INTE.html?pagewanted=print
    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021003/ap_to_po/attacks_intelligence_5
    
    Missiles and Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq and Iran (1998)
    http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/media/eisenstadt/ballistic.htm
    
    testimony by the former chief nuclear weapons inspector in Iraq (1998)
    http://www.senate.gov/~gov_affairs/030102kay.htm
    
    NSD 54: Responding to Iraqi Aggression in the Gulf (1991)
    (the objectives of the first invasion as outlined by then President Bush)
    http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/nsd/NSD/NSD%2054/0001.pdf
    
    a bunch of documents etc on Iraq
    http://cns.miis.edu/research/iraq/index.htm
    
    Low Intensity Conflict and Terrorism
    http://www.unbsj.ca/library/subject/terror.htm
    
    Canada-US Gulf Widens Over Iraq
    (message to war opponents: you can help your cause by remaining rational)
    http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id={FBD3701F-DAE0-4C95-914F-451DAD422DB6}
    
    some people get to call it "imperialism" and others don't
    (except that's what the whole world calls it, including many on the US right)
    http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=215958
    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/thesavagewarsofpeace.htm
    http://hnn.us/articles/699.html
    http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/kipling.html
    
    Spying in Iraq: From Fact to Allegation
    http://www.fair.org/activism/unscom-history.html
    
    once the media sets a message, the uniformity of opinion is Stalinistic
    (and to find something "mysterious", just ignore the obvious explanation)
    http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh100102.shtml
    http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh100302.shtml
    
    
    war
    
    indictment against alleged terrorists in Oregon and Michigan
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/usbattle100302ind.pdf
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,64837,00.html
    
    A Review of the FBI's Counterterrorism Program
    http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/audit/0238/exec.htm
    
    The Intelligence Community's Knowledge of the Hijackers Prior to 9/11
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/ssci92002jntinqrpt.pdf
    
    The Hawala Alternative Remittance System and Its Role in Money Laundering
    http://www.interpol.int/Public/FinancialCrime/MoneyLaundering/hawala/default.asp
    
    Abu Sayyaf Blamed in Philippine Bombing That Killed an American Green Beret
    http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-phil03.html
    
    more on allegations of inadequate weapons testing by the US Navy
    http://www.pogo.org/p/defense/da-020908-failures.html
    
    Chemical Biological Defense
    http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-137T
    
    article about the NYPD bomb squad
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/06/magazine/06HOWTO.html?pagewanted=print
    
    Plan to Destroy Russian Weapons Nears Collapse
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002-09-30-russian-weapons-1acover_x.htm
    
    World Peace Keepers Battle Station $24.99
    http://www3.jcpenney.com/jcp/Products.asp?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=05b5ba2&RefPage=Products&mscssid=3B067FCC3A4214FF7BDFC8941DA8F11A9xMnVNoV5aZWxMnVNoV5aZo200B23507A648BF10EEC2C108EA1FE7B69B36V1
    
    
    civil liberties and security
    
    Belgium Plans Digital ID Cards
    (can anyone in .be send URL's with details?)
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2295433.stm
    
    stores in a CO county to require fingerprints for checks or credit cards
    http://www.kusa.com/storyfull.asp?id=7112
    
    Global Internet Freedom Act
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proxy-methods-list-b/message/69
    http://news.com.com/2100-1023-960679.html
    
    EPA Passes on Chemical Security Responsibility
    http://ens-news.com/ens/oct2002/2002-10-03-09.asp#anchor3
    
    Microsoft Issues Another Critical Security Fix -- in the Help Facility!
    (when ActiveX first came out, chronic security problems were widely predicted)
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/27409.html
    
    I am getting tons of messages from the Bugbear Microsoft worm
    (Microsoft is despicable)
    http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992864
    http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/10/04/virus.bugbear/
    http://www.nipc.gov/warnings/advisories/2002/02-008.htm
    http://www.internetnewsbureau.com/archives/2002/oct02/kaspersky.html
    
    
    corruption
    
    Fastow perp walk
    (it seems like so long ago)
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/front/1601320
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/front/1599582
    http://www.businessweek.com/print/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2002/nf2002103_9883.htm
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/business/03FAIL.html?pagewanted=print
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/03/business/03FAST.html?pagewanted=print
    http://www.msnbc.com/news/815958.asp
    http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128670604
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/enron/usfastow100102cmp.pdf
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/enron/secfastow100202cmp.pdf
    
    more on Eliot Spitzer vs Bernie Ebbers et al over IPO's
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/worldcom/nyanschultz93002cmp.pdf
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2002-09-30-ny-sues-ebbers_x.htm
    
    Salon Removes a Web Article about Enron and Army Secretary White; Flaws Cited
    (I can't tell whether this is an article that RRE carried or not)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/04/national/04SALO.html?pagewanted=print
    
    here is the reporter's side of the story
    http://www.americanpolitics.com/20021004emailedition.html
    
    
    politics
    
    stuff from the New Jersey ballot controversy
    (I can't find the Republican filings)
    http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128669652
    http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/torricelli/frstrnjdp100402dopp.pdf
    http://news.findlaw.com/wp/docs/torricelli/njdpsmsn100202scord.pdf
    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=683&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20021003/ap_on_el_se/torricelli
    http://writ.news.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/amar/20021004.html
    http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128686704
    
    jargon watch: study the Dilbertian emptiness of the "acting chairman's" verbiage
    (if you can act, you don't have to talk)
    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/05/arts/05ENDO.html?pagewanted=print
    
    EPA Inspector General Slams Pollution Trading
    (one of those things that's designed to sound good in theory)
    http://www.peer.org/press/279.html
    
    Time Runs Out for Bill to Limit Secret Life Insurance Policies on Employees
    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.hts/business/1599536
    
    the recent House fight over tax exemptions for churches engaging in politics
    http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=5507
    http://www.grassfire.net/53/petition.asp?MGID=13
    http://www.vision-america.org/HR2357/020722HR2357-pltr.htm
    
    more than you could want to know about the upcoming US elections
    (may require subscription)
    http://nationaljournal.com/members/buzz/trail.htm
    
    How Local Elected Officials Use the Internet
    http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=74
    
    
    intellectual property
    
    Congress Reps Launch Fightback on DRM Rights Erosion
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/27404.html
    
    argument for the wacky anti-P2P self-help bill
    http://writ.news.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/commentary/20021001_berman.html
    
    Internet Users Not Bound by Hidden License Agreements
    http://www.law.com/jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawArticle&t=PrinterFriendlyArticle&cid=1032128653116
    
    
    everything else
    
    article about FCC chair Michael Powell
    http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?021007fa_fact
    
    Information for Sale: My Experience With Google Answers
    http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct02/west.htm
    
    where California residents can report illegal spam
    http://caag.state.ca.us/spam/
    
    Satellite Provider Teledesic Suspends Operations
    http://news.excite.com/tech/article/id/271789|technology|10-02-2002::15:41|reuters.html
    
    Social Science Information Gateway
    http://sosig.esrc.bristol.ac.uk/
    
    Biodiversity Hotspots
    http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/
    
    another brilliant cartoon by Ben Katchor
    http://metropolismag.com/html/content_1002/ben/ben_a.html
    
    Your Ad Here: Cop Cars as the Next Billboards
    (deeply weird)
    http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1003/p01s01-ussc.htm
    
    Politician Turns Blue From Drinking "Health" Solution
    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_683401.html
    
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