Ashcroft caught in another lie. Ashcroft vs. Dinh
Dinh told Congress that most if not all of the library visits were criminal and not terror investigations, which lends credence to the frightful notion that the USA Patriot Act was always intended to give police more regular -- and not necessarily anti-terror -- powers.

At least Europe has some sense when it comes to privacy rights.  While the European Union continues to stand with America in the war on terrorism, it views the latest demands for information about airline passengers flying into the United States from Europe as going too far.

Bush wants free speech to be, well, not quite so free.
"I don't mind people trying to pick apart my policies, and that's fine and that's fair game," Bush said in the interview that will air Monday night. "But, you know, I don't think we're serving our nation well by allowing the discourse to become so uncivil that people say - use words that they shouldn't be using."

There can be no question that President Bush said Iraq's involvement with the 9/11 attacks justified our going to war.
Here's the official letter to Congress from Pres. Bush.

Given how much taxpayer money is being dished out, how can we be certain the corporations that take on reconstruction projects are on the up and up?

Death and Money in Iraq
The siege of Fallujah came after American soldiers killed eight Iraqi police officers in that city almost two weeks ago and American troops killed a fourteen-year-old boy who was taking part in a wedding on Wednesday. The shooting that killed the fourteen-year-old wounded four others. (Armed Forces Press reports)

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