A FINE REPUBLICAN TRADITION
"US President George W. Bush's administration has listened in on phone calls between Mohamed ElBaradei and Iranian diplomats, seeking ammunition to oust ElBaradei as head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, The Washington Post said Sunday."
US spying on head of UN atomic agency, seeking to oust him
Spacedaily|12.12.04

YET ANOTHER FINE REPUBLICAN TRADITION
"Russia reserves the right to carry out preventative strikes with conventional weaponry on terror bases anywhere they are found in the world, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov was quoted as saying Friday."
Russia could hit terror bases anywhere in the world: Ivanov
Spacewar|12.10.04

NOT THAT IT'LL DO ANY GOOD
"A senior CIA operative who handled sensitive informants in Iraq asserts that CIA managers asked him to falsify his reporting on weapons of mass destruction and retaliated against him after he refused. The operative, who remains under cover, asserts in a lawsuit made public yesterday that a co-worker warned him in 2001 "that CIA management planned to 'get him' for his role in reporting intelligence contrary to official CIA dogma."
Officer alleges CIA retaliation
WP|12.09.04

A copy of the complaint filed in DC court on 12.06, courtesy FAS

NOT DEAD YET
"A "friend of the court" brief filed by several library, journalist,
and public interest organizations proposes a new middle ground for
achieving resolution of the continuing dispute over access to
records of Vice President Cheney's secret Energy Task Force."
NSA joins library and public interest groups supporting public access to special interests participating in Cheney's energy task force
NSA|11.30.04