I find this passage from the TIME interview the most interesting: One of the unintended consequences is the opposite effect, which is what we’ve seen with the Department of Defense, and even the State Department, here in the U.S., of trying to make secrets more impenetrable rather than less and trying to take precautions against [...]
It’s worth checking out.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced the commission would vote this month on a plan to prohibit Internet service providers from favoring some kinds of web traffic over others. Citing “real risks to the Internet’s continued freedom and openness,” Genachowski said the FCC would vote on so-called Net neutrality rules Dec. 21. The move ushers in [...]
From the White House photo blog.
A Texas jury effectively answered that question in the affirmative last week, when it convicted former majority whip Tom DeLay for money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. DeLay’s defense, aside from his personal attacks against the Democratic-leaning prosecutor who brought charges against him, has always been: What’s the big deal? Everybody does this [...]
(Getty Images/Alex Wong) –The final Bowles-Simpson deficit commission report is out. You can read it here. After a cursory glance, the tweaks from the draft proposal look minor. The panel’s vote isn’t until Friday, but it looks unlikely to get 14 of 18 votes for official recommendation. –As Democrats and Republicans head into high-level talks [...]
Greetings from Afghanistan. It’s always interesting to be in a place like this when a story like Wikileaks breaks. The media have played the big embarrassments–Khaddafi and his Ukrainian “nurse”–and, in all, American diplomats have emerged with their credibility and creativity affirmed. (As the father of a Foreign Service Officer, I’m not surprised.) But there [...]
