I’ll preface this by saying, yet again, that these are my thoughts and not an official position of my employer. 
With the Senate version of telecom reform moving out of the Commerce Committee, now the fun begins.  If you know anything about the Senate, it’s probably the fact that they move slower than a dead rat [...]

By now everyone probably has heard of the terrorist financing surveillance that was disrupted by the New York Times.  Despite strenuous objections by members of both parties, the NY Times ran an article that detailed how the US monitors banking transactions overseas to identify and track terrorists.
That was stupid and dangerous.  Given that they exist [...]

The GOP has announced their agenda for the fall.  It amounts to one item - not losing their ass.  The specific items included in the “Let’s Not Get Kicked in the Twig and Giggleberries” campaign (subscription required) offer a whole lot for the social conservatives, but still fall desperately short of anything approaching an agenda for [...]

In a bizarre twist on the “old-guy-meets-young-girls-on-MySpace” story, two teen girls used MySpace to arrange a meeting with a guy, then robbed him at gun point when he arrived.
Do you think that Congress will consider legislation to protect the old, wealthy, male demographic from these online predators?  Yeah, I doubt it…

Any time some moron gets himself arrested at a protest, they always make some stupid comment about what they perceive as the greater point to their action.  Today is no different.  Two MENSA candidates got arrested for trying to row ashore near a fundraiser featuring the Vice President in Minnesota.  Their comment?
Protester Meredith Aby said, [...]