Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.03.06
Contributed by Bill Faith
Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post. I may rearrange the order of the items within this post as I add new things that I think belong "above the fold."
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- Meanwhile
Michael Yon: I am back in Baghdad, having driven with Command Sergeant Major Jeffrey Mellinger more than 1,200 miles up and down Iraqi roads over a ten-day period. CSM Mellinger’s direct boss is now General David Petraeus, and although the general has only been commanding the war in Iraq for three weeks, changes he’s made are already apparent. ...
- "The Geraldo-fication of TV journalism"
Michelle Malkin: The antithesis of Geraldo is Michael Yon. He's back in Baghdad after traveling 1,200 miles around Iraq. He has much to report. Troop morale across the country, he says, is "good to high." From his latest dispatch:
- Privacy Board: Terror Surveillance Program Protects Civil Rights
Ed Morrissey: After over a year of supervising two of the most controversial programs adopted by the Bush administration after 9/11, a review panel has given both a clean bill of health on civil-rights protections. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Board will announce next week that the NSA's Terrorist Surveillance Program and the Swift banking transaction monitoring operation contain enough checks and balances to ensure that Americans will not fall victim to their own government: ...
NATO Beats The Taliban To The Punch Ed Morrissey: The much-anticipated spring offensive by the Taliban just found itself eclipsed by the late-winter offensive of NATO. The West launched a large operation that aims to push the Taliban out of Helmand province, where the Taliban have scored their only success at regaining territory: ...
- A deserter is sentenced
Michelle Malkin: Via Yahoo! News: Spc. Agustin Aguayo, a U.S. Army medic who refused to return to Iraq because of his opposition to the war, was convicted of desertion at his court martial Tuesday, and could face as long as seven years in prison.
- Secret Spy Stuff
Jules C: A couple of the more intriguing items of the past few days are from ABC’s Blotter, as yet unconfirmed or run widely in the major media. ...
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