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March 11, 2006

Open Secrets?

Via Tom Elia, a Chicago Tribune report by John Crewdson that shows the CIA in a rather unflattering light when it comes to issues of state secrecy:

Anybody else miss this?  “No proof of CIA secret prisons: Europe report”

From the Jurist, U of Pittsburgh, March 1: The Council of Europe [official website] said Wednesday that an investigation into allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency operated secret prisons [JURIST report] in Europe revealed no “smoking gun” evidence that proved the existence of the prisons. COE Secretary General Terry Davis [official profile], presenting his findings on alleged illegal detentions and rendition flights on European territory based on official replies

“Who’ll Let the Docs Out?”

Stephen Hayes, writing in the Weekly Standard, on the release of Iraq documents:

the kind of tasteless joke for which I am unfairly renowned, 2

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: Who cares?  Did you see the tits on that chick at Foot Locker?  Yummy!

Will there be any dancing this evening, or…

—‘Fraid not.  In a show of solidarity, the little fella agreed to have himself biopsied right along with me today, and the bandages on his undercarriage restrict his range of movement (particularly during splits). If you need a fix, though, I hear Saturday Night Fever is pretty good.  That is, if you don’t mind white polyester, platform heels, and feathered hair in lieu of the furiously-twirling, lathered and musky armor