Is the MSM going overboard on its coverage of the Cheney shooting?
Here is the lead of an Associated Press story that ran today,
If the man wounded by Dick Cheney dies, the vice president could in theory at least face criminal charges, even though the shooting was an accident.
No, of course not. Meanwhile, back in a land called reality…
Bush plans huge propaganda campaign in Iran
The Bush administration made an emergency request to Congress yesterday for a seven-fold increase in funding to mount the biggest ever propaganda campaign against the Tehran government, in a further sign of the worsening crisis between Iran and the west.
US lawmakers call for review of Dubai port deal
Seven US lawmakers called for a top-level US government review of the security implications of a deal giving a Dubai-based company control of six major US ports. The lawmakers sent a letter to US Treasury Secretary John Snow expressing reservations about the deal in which British port and ferries group Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company would be bought by DP World of Dubai.
UPDATE: White House (Somehow) Defends Port Deal
Commercial photos show Chinese nuke buildup
Commercial satellite photos made public recently provide a new look at China’s nuclear forces and bases — images that include the first view of a secret underwater submarine tunnel. A Pentagon official said the photograph of the tunnel entrance reveals for the first time a key element of China’s hidden military buildup. Similar but more detailed intelligence photos of the entrance are highly classified within the U.S. government, the official said.
“The Chinese have a whole network of secret facilities that the U.S. government understands but cannot make public,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “This is the first public revelation of China’s secret buildup.”
Saddam talked of WMD attack in U.S.
Tapes show him â??almost obsessedâ?? with weapons, donâ??t prove he had them
WASHINGTON – Among the treasure trove of information captured after Saddam Hussein’s fall were tape recordings of the Iraqi leader discussing weapons of mass destruction with top aides.
Transcripts of Saddam’s tapes reviewed by NBC News show him ruminating about future terror attacks in the United States using weapons of mass destruction.
“We shouldnâ??t be surprised to see a car bomb with nuclear [material] explode [in] Washington, either germ or chemical,” Saddam tells aides. “So this is coming,â? Saddam says on the tapes, â??but not from Iraq,” he adds, seeming to indicate that Iraq would not be the source of any such attack.
What ties to AlQaeda? Sigh.
New Fatwa Says Islamic Law Does Not Forbid Use of Nukes
On February 16, 2006, the reformist Internet daily Rooz (www.roozonline.com) reported for the first time that extremist clerics from Qom had issued what the daily called “a new fatwa,” which states that “the shari’a does not forbid the use of nuclear weapons.”
And we now return you to your regularly scheduled 24×7 coverage of the Cheney shooting incident.
UPDATE: The great Michael Barone has related thoughts