- Slow to adapt, FBI stumbles in war against terror:
...one of the bureau's great weaknesses is its failure to properly analyze the immense amount of information that it collects and to share it among its field offices.
They don't need to collect more information (and trample our rights along the way), but rather they need to work better with the information they're already collecting. [strib] - New FBI powers go too far, congressman says. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis countered that there was no need
to throw respect for civil liberties into the trash heap
in order to improve the FBI's ability to fight terrorism. [strib] - Today we find that the CIA Gave FBI Warning On Hijacker. So the FBI had the data it needed. It just couldn't put the pieces of the puzzle together. Explain to me again why they need more power to violate our rights to gather information. [instapundit]
- French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan To Convince Taleban of Non-Existence of God. Ouch. It hurts from laughing. [some guy]
- Coffee targeted as Seattle tax source. What next? An air tax? [fark!]
- A revelation to our president - there are blacks in Brazil! Who'da thunk it. Next they'll be telling him that since Stevie Wonder's blind it does no good to wave. Oddly enough, gwbush.com is making fun of him for this. [Jim]