Category: News

WP. Detail from Ridge's terror warning about an attack on US financial institutions. This may be related to the computer seized during the arrest of Ghailani in Pakistan (offensive seizures like this add credibility to the evidence). He said it was the first time the government has chosen to issue a warning in “such a… Continue reading WP

Major Trouble: Is there still a place in today's airline industry for major carriers?. Sunday’s New York Times ran a front-page article warning of the possible need for a taxpayer bailout of airline pension funds. As United struggles to emerge from bankruptcy protection, it needs to address its $13 billion in pension obligations, and right… Continue reading Major Trouble: Is there still a place in today's airline industry for major carriers?

About the Republicans, lying and the latest terrorist threats. The Republicans are protesting Howard Dean's comments on Sunday suggesting that there's probably at least a little politics in the latest warning from the Homeland Security folks. Dean's conjecture, even if it turns out to be wrong, is reasonable. The President lied about the connection between… Continue reading comments

Delegates saw, spent little, says survey. They're gone now, scattered back to tiny villages in Kentucky and Alabama and the glass-and-chrome canyons of New York and Chicago. And they've taken with them a slender memory of Boston, a city most did not explore. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

9/11 Report Iffy on Tech. The 9/11 Commission made recommendations for technology solutions in its final report — some specific, some fuzzy — to bring government into the information age. By Michael Myser. [Wired News]

The Campaign Institute trains people to be paid campaign staffers. They're doing trainings in Cambridge in August. [Scripting News]

New Republic: “The national press corps spent the better part of 1999 and 2000 insisting that George W. Bush was a centrist, because he kept repeating slogans that suggested as much. Reporters could have avoided this misinterpretation had they spent less time following Bush around the country and more time sitting at their desks doing… Continue reading New Republic

Carmen bin Ladin's New Book on our Saudi “Allies”. Danielle Crittenden's review of Carmen bin Ladin's new book, Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia, makes a very compelling case that this is a very important book for anyone interested in understanding the roots of the War on Terror. Equally important, however, bin Laden's… Continue reading Carmen bin Ladin's New Book on our Saudi “Allies”

Bailout Feared if Airlines Shed Their Pensions. The federal agency that insures company pensions is facing a possible cascade of bankruptcies and pension defaults that could lead to a multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout. By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. [The New York Times > Home Page]

U.S. Economy Grew More Slowly Than Expected in 2nd Quarter. The economy grew at just 3 percent, as higher energy prices prompted consumers to slow their spending. By EDUARDO PORTER. [The New York Times > Home Page]