Wednesday, March 6, 2002

NY Times: Intercepted Al Qaeda E-Mail Is Said to Hint at Regrouping. "Senior counterterrorism officials said that Al Qaeda's effort to rebuild itself outside Afghanistan appeared to rely heavily on the Internet for communications among highly mobile operatives, who often check their messages in public Internet cafes around the world, making them difficult to track." [Jake's Radio 'Blog] 8:20:21 PM    Comments []

Nat Hentoff: "The press ought to awaken the citizenry not only to the FBI's harvesting lists of what 'suspect' Americans read, but also to the judicial silencing of bookstores and libraries that are being compelled to betray the privacy and First Amendment rights of readers."  [Scripting News] The government continues to chip away at the constitution and nobody seems to care 8:19:05 PM    Comments []

He knows what you've been checking out. The USA PATRIOT act gives the government broad new powers to seize library and bookstore records -- and prevents librarians and booksellers from complaining. [Salon.com] 7:42:28 PM    Comments []

Morons in the News: Detestable and Abominable. These are the words that Alabama State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore uses to describe the homosexuals he wishes to incarcerate and execute, but the same words can be used to describe him... [Morons Dot Org] Sheesh! We still have idiots like that running things. Truly sad. 1:01:38 PM    Comments []