AUSTiN: PowerPowerTraitor truculent for Cuba- October 12, 2002 Pentagon Aide, a Cuban Spy, Is Described as Unapologetic. A high-ranking Pentagon intelligence analyst who spied for Cuba "in no measure apologizes for her betrayal of the United States." By Tim Golden. New York Times: Internationalhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/power/2002/10/11.html#a754 U. S. warns citizens to leave Ivory Coast- October 12, 2002 U.S. Urges All Its Citizens to Leave Ivory Coast. United States is urging the 3,000 American citizens in the Ivory Coast to leave the country, fearing a deterioration in the situation. By Agence France-presse. New York Times: Internationalhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/power/2002/10/11.html#a753 Reclaiming privacy with laser-pointers- October 9, 2002 Here's a how-to explaining how to blind a surveillance camera a laser-pointer.Boing Boing Bloghttp://boingboing.net/#85537483 Mickey Mouse Protection Act challenged- October 9, 2002 On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a suit seeking to overturn the 1998 law that extended the copyright term from 75 to 95 years. Plaintiffs argue it's a First Amendment issue. By Michael Grebb. Plaintiffs have challenged the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 (CTEA), which extended current and future copyrights by 20 years. The law passed as a result of heavy influence from Hollywood studios such as the Walt Disney Company, whose earliest copyrights on film depictions..http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,55612,00.html The ethics of video surveillance- October 8, 2002 Protesting the Big Brother Lens, Little Brother Turns an Eye Blind. A national debate over the ethics of surveillance continues to grow as video cameras proliferate. By John Markoff. New York Times: Artshttp://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/technology/07ZZAP.html?ex=1034568000&en=fc44ff2cc913... Overlawyered!- October 8, 2002 What price justice Let's say you have a debt-collection matter in which the "deadbeat" owes, in round numbers, about 18 cents. So you bring the action and you seek attorneys' fees and other charges. That figure comes out to $311.26. The court doesn't like this and awards sanctions against you. But now the defendant's lawyer claims to have put in about $7,600 defending the case. via Overlawyered Ernie the Attorneyhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/power/2002/10/08.html#a683 Amiri Baraka, poet-laureate of New Jersey, under fire- October 8, 2002 McGreevey Could Fire Poet Under Proposed Legislation. Legislators said on Monday that they would introduce measures that would give the governor the power to strip Amiri Baraka of his position as New Jersey's poet laureate. By Laura Mansnerus. New York Times: Artshttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/power/2002/10/08.html#a674 Mayor of Paris Stabbed- October 8, 2002 Paris Mayor Recovering After Being Stabbed During Festival. The mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, was out of danger after being stabbed in the abdomen in City Hall early on Sunday. By Alan Riding. New York Times: Internationalhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/power/2002/10/08.html#a672 Lula in runoff- October 8, 2002 Brazil Presidential Election Is Set for October Runoff. Leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a commanding lead in Brazil's presidential race, but will face José Serra in a second-round runoff on Oct. 27. By Larry Rohter. New York Times: Internationalhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0101101/categories/power/2002/10/08.html#a671 Salon has removed an article charging Thomas E. White- October 7, 2002 NY Times: The online magazine Salon has removed an article charging Thomas E. White, secretary of the Army, with participating in accounting practices that led to the collapse of Enron while he was vice chairman of Enron Energy Services. JD's New Media Musingshttp://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/04/national/04SALO.html |