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The Document

There's an article at Salon that describes the efforts of a team of lawyers on behalf of Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Inc. to sue George W. Bush for infringing upon their Constitutional rights through illegal wiretaps. The main piece of evidence in their case is what the author describes as "The Document." What is this document? "I can't publicly reveal what's in the Document because, well, it's a secret," says author Jon Eisenberg. The Document is a piece of top-secret classified material that accidentally made it into the hands of these lawyers along with a packet of non-classified material.

My question is this: Can The Document be used as evidence in a criminal court against not only George W. Bush, but against his telecom counterparts in this crime? I really want to know the answer. Any insights?  

Sorry, Brits

But those our our jobs. We pretty much need them right now.

Besides which, outsourcing national security just doesn't make sense. Globalisation be damned, some things need to stay national!

Data-rich or data-poor
all we want is data-more.
Not enough! Not enough!
We cry with every episode
Give us more! Give us more!
Our ever-hungry modern mode
Oh, Lord, oh, Lord
Give me more.
Give me more.

Drool...

Drool, drool, drool...

It boggles the mind.

Another compassionate conservative plan. How does anyone fall for these "have your cake and eat it too" arguments? At what point did it stop being ridiculous to claim that you can endlessly cut taxes and still increase benefits? Borrow and Spend Conservatism has destroyed our economy and the value of the dollar (working in tandem with the GOP's slashing of financial regulations), and claiming to have a plan to balance the budget while continuing untenable tax-cuts AND increasing federal spending is such an absurdity that it makes anyone paying attention scoff.