Stop the presses: Judge Gets in Swipe at Bush Administration

U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour said the successful prosecution of Ahmed Ressam should serve not only as a warning to terrorists, but as a statement to the Bush administration about its terrorism-fighting tactics.

"We did not need to use a secret military tribunal, detain the defendant indefinitely as an enemy combatant or deny the defendant the right to counsel," he said Wednesday. "The message to the world from today's sentencing is that our courts have not abandoned our commitment to the ideals that set our nation apart."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050728/D8BKE0R80.html

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I guess Beck is a Scientologist. I haven't bought his new album because they bloated the price to $16.00. So much for the "new low prices" that the music industry lawsuit promised. I'm glad I didn't buy it for $10.00 when it was on sale, anyway, considering how much money would be going to that degrading cult.

In more important news, Security Costs Slow Iraq Reconstruction. The article describes how security costs are causing reconstruction efforts in some areas to be scaled back or abandoned. What it doesn't mention is the callous disregard for the plight of the Iraqi's whose country was further ruined by this war. We can build posh fortresses for our business envoys and diplomats in the green zone, yet we can't give the common Iraqis working toilets.