Secrecy News: “The Department of Defense recently published its annual report on counterproliferation, an overview of U.S. government programs to detect, prevent and counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.”
NBC News reports that in a new filing, “…Libby will argue that, in many cases, it is the government witnesses who have misremembered the facts, and that any errors Libby made in describing the events were the result of “confusion or faulty memory, not any intent to misrepresent the truth.” Related postings on Plame CIA… Continue Reading
Joining more than a dozen product blogs, Yahoo launched a corporate blog on August 1: “We want to share insights into our company, our people, our culture, and the things that occupy our cluttered minds. Well cover emerging trends, provide some behind-the-scenes commentary, profile interesting Yahoos, spotlight our beloved users…” Continue Reading
Prepared Statement of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales before the Senate Committee on Armed Services concerning Legislation in Response to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, Washington, D.C., August 2, 2006. “We believe that Congress should enact a new Code of Military Commissions, modeled on the court-martial procedures of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or “UCMJ,” but… Continue Reading
9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes, by Michael Bronner, Vanity Fair: “Obtaining 30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room of NORAD’s Northeast headquarters, the author reconstructs the chaotic military history of that day…” Related postings on 9/11 Continue Reading
From Human Rights Watch: Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity – A Topical Digest of the Case Law of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Related Material “This unique 861-page book organizes the decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia by topic, including genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes,… Continue Reading
Assessment of Benchmarking Within Government, Accenture, May 2006. Press release: “Governments at all levels are increasingly using benchmarking tools to improve organizational performance, although most see room for improving their benchmarking capabilities, according to a global study…by Accenture…the study, based on a survey of more than 230 government executives in 10 countries, looked at the… Continue Reading
The Legality of Web “Blacklists”, by Julie Hilden “The controversial website LitiPages.com has created a list of patients who have filed medical malpractice cases, and of those patients’ attorneys. Litipages.com encourages physicians to avoid treating listed patients – at least when it comes to “elective” procedures. It also encourages patients who’ve lost their cases to… Continue Reading
