According to Thomas Kean — chairman of the independent commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks — the 9/11 attacks could have and should have been prevented. And to think that this is just the surface of all of this. The rabbit hole is going to get a lot deeper and darker before it’s all said and done.
Posts Tagged ‘United States’
We could have stopped it(?)
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003A lack of security by those holding the keys
Thursday, December 11th, 2003For the 4th year in a row a majority of government agencies have failed an internet security audit. What kind of incident is it going to take to get agencies like Homeland defense and the Justice Department to come around and get their houses in order on this?
Sugar water by any other name….
Wednesday, October 29th, 2003Pop? Coke? Soda? Who calls soft drinks what in which part of the US?
We’re here to help you (but don’t incriminate yourself too much)
Friday, October 4th, 2002The police in Florida are trying to force treatment center staff to cooperate with their attempt to build a case against Noelle Bush (G.W.’s niece). Why is this important?:
For those who are unfamiliar with treatment programs, they depend wholly on blunt honest dialogue. Without brutal honesty, treatment programs cannot function. The patients who go to treatment centers know that they can talk about things that they have done, knowing that they don’t have to face the courts (I’m not sure what they would do with something like a murder, but they’ll routinely set aside things like auto theft).
A tool for the greater good or for the greater gossip?
Wednesday, September 18th, 2002Residents in the Cincinnati area having a love/hate relationship with the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts site, where already public records like state tax liens, arrest warrants, bond postings and the like are all easily searchable and accessible over the net.
Sooner or later, your name will show up on a site similar to this one as more and more of government cuts down on paper and opens access to the public. But what should be on public record? It’s not big brother you have to worry about any more, but little brother, little sister, nosey neighbor, bored co-worker and so on.
