2006-06-29

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2006-06-29 02:46 pm

Supreme Court

Anyone notice that the Supreme Court ruled "that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees."

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They did, however, leave the door open for Congress to write laws that allow the trials. At least they're reminding Bush that he's president, not monarch.
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2006-06-29 03:03 pm

They found the stolen laptop!

You may recall that a couple of months ago, a laptop with millions of names and personal info of veterans was stolen. They found it intact!

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Also of note, apparently they've been trying to scapegoat the employee who had the data on his laptop harddrive, but it's been revealed that he had permission to take the data home, and help in transferring the data to his laptop. Typical: take a guy who is trying to do his job better by working at home using materials and methods provided by his superiors, and fire him for doing so. Meanwhile, the people responsible for security training, who failed to make the data secure, run around getting paid for pointing fingers.
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2006-06-29 06:19 pm

Wilbur lives!

A farmer agreed to let the publisher of Charlotte's Web take pix of a pig. Then the story got interesting, and has a nice ending. click to read the wtopnews article.