Saturday, July 30, 2005

My Kind of Journalism. I've always like the Sun newspaper, and not only for its Page 3 girls. I wish more of our papers had the Sun's clarity and spirit: Tonight, the Sun reports on the capture in Africa of Haroon Rashid Aswat, who is believed to be the principal planner of the July 7 bombings in London. The Sun notes that American authorities have accused Aswat of setting up an al Qaeda training camp in Oregon in 1999. We reportedly wanted to arrest Aswat, but were denied permission by British authorities because he is a British citizen. [Power Line] 12:45:54 AM    comment [] trackback []

Intelligence Test In The Constitution? What the heck? A federal judge now sees an 'intelligence test' within the U.S. Constitution. This judge is hallucinating over the constitution. "Even as amended, the statute fails to identify the prohibited conduct in a manner that persons of ordinary intelligence can reasonably understand," the ruling said. Senate Makes Some of Patriot Act Permanent (AP). AP - A federal judge has ruled that some provisions of the U.S. Patriot Act dealing with foreign terrorist organizations remain too vague to be understood by a person of average intelligence and are therefore unconstitutional. [Yahoo! News: Politics News] 12:43:22 AM    comment [] trackback []

Senate Confirms Hughes, Cox for Posts (AP). AP - The Senate on Friday approved the nomination of Karen Hughes, a former political adviser to President Bush, as the State Department's top public relations official, and Rep. Christopher Cox to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. [Yahoo! News: Politics News] 12:28:47 AM    comment [] trackback []

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