there’s a chilling update on the situation in Sudan from the Washington Post: ‘We Want to Make a Light Baby’. [I linked to the Yahoo version to get around the login requirements at the Post’s site]

The US pulled a surprise move and handed over “sovereignty” early to the Allawi government. Sovereignty in quotes, because what was handed over was nothing of the kind. Puppets are not sovereign.

in the New York Observer: 9/11 Tapes Reveal Ground Personnel Muffled Attacks. Chilling information about the morning of Sept 11, 2001.

for all kinds of documents and analysis, and most of it is entirely accessible to lay persons. In particular, check out Findlaw’s version of Portions of Pentagon Working Group March 2003 Draft Report on Interrogation Methods. Very nicely presented.