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possible Democratic nominees for vice president

Possible? In whose universe? I mean really, Landrieu and Rendell? LOL!

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THIS is a great column:

Let's just be blunt: The North Koreans would love to see John Kerry win the election. The mullahs of Iran would love it. The Syrian Ba'athists would sigh with relief. Every enemy of America would take great satisfaction if the electorate rejects the Bush doctrine and scuttles back to hide under the U.N. Security Council's table. It's a hard question, but the right one: Which candidate does our enemy want to lose? George W. Bush.

And some conservatives will be happy to help, it seems.

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I sure never thought of James Lileks as a conservative. Guess I was wrong.

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I know a lot of you don't subscribe to the NY Times. But there's a blockbuster article just posted on their website which I assume will lead their front page tomorrow.

It's about a hugely successful intelligence effort and how we tracked al Queda operatives through some tiny Swiss cell phone chips. It involved many countries cooperating in surveillance operations. The operation is winding down now because the terrorists have changed their methods. This doesn't sound like a leak. It's very well sourced.

It gave me goosebumps reading it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/international/europe/04PHON.html?hp