Quotes and Pointers
"The war on NGOs is being fought on two clear fronts. One buys the silence and complicity of mainstream humanitarian and religious groups by offering lucrative reconstruction contracts. The other marginalizes and criminalizes more independent-minded NGOs by claiming that their work is a threat to democracy. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is in charge of handing out the carrots, while the American Enterprise Institute, the most powerful think tank in Washington, D.C., is wielding the sticks..."
Out and About on the Net with Twitter Lines
Bleakonomics -- Joseph Stiglitz reviews Naomi Klein's new book "The Shock Doctrine.
All You Need to (Not) Know About the Proposed FISA Fix -- Marty Lederman pointer from Laura Rosen
Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music -- No your computer has not become a Republican...its a Microsoft error message and much nicer than the cryptic screen messages.
et alli is cross posted at The Intelligence Forum