What would it take to make a commission--included as part of a compromise on FISA--really meaningful?

What does John McCain think about the fact that the Administration fired the EPA's regional administrator rather than let her force Dow Chemical to clean up its Dioxin waste? Does he support the poisoning of voters he's counting on for a victory in November?

Our good friends at EFF have a big announcement. They have bagged a big win against the Bush Government on the improper use of National Security Letters.

Many of you have been asking many different questions about the OSC kerfluffle. I am fairly deep into this now and hope to have a serious piece ready by tonight. This is just a short post to run by all of you my current thoughts and ask you to post in comments any links to new and probative information you have run across (for other topics too if they are really noteworthy).

Will May 7 be as big a day for America's most prominent "BIFFO" as it will be for Ireland's?

As you may have seen by now, the FBI has executed a full blown raid on the office and home of Scott Bloch, the DOJ head of the Office of Special Counsel. The questions regarding this raid are just beginning, and the web of conflicts raised is endless.

The first blow to land for the week did not fly in like a furious wind, it was a furious wind. Specifically a typhoon that blew a path of waste and destruction through the already destitute and oppressed tinderbox that is currently known as Myanmar, and was formerly known as Burma.

It was a nice quiet weekend; thankfully somewhat thin as to bad and/or outrageous news. Other than all the pollen and other allergens that are currently thick as soup in the air, the weather here is perfect; 90 degrees and not a cloud in sight. Perfect day to get the backyard and pool ready for the summer.

As I am minding the store while mom is away tilting kilts, I was party to a group discussion among several notable powers that be in the blogosphere early this afternoon, and the various blogs, all of which you are intimately familiar with, will be rolling out over the next few days somewhat of a battle plan on FISA/immunity.

Did the number of wiretaps last year go up? Or simply the number of wiretaps the Administration had to reveal?