Free Speech Trenches Update:
FTC floats Drudge tax [Washington Times]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2528177/posts
[Federal Trade Commission]”According to a May 28 draft proposal, the agency thinks government should be at the center of a media overhaul. The bureaucracy sees it as a problem that the Internet has introduced a wealth of information options to consumers, forcing media companies to adapt and experiment to meet changing market needs. FTC’s policy staff fears this new reality...” [snip]
FTC draft study proposes massive bailout of newspapers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2528784/posts
[So tax and regulate Obama critics while propping up their propanda rags with tax money. Future Supreme Sandwich Kagan would be pleased.]
FREE SPEECH TRENCHES
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2518240/posts
Head of Intel: Why the Clapper Choice Surprises me
Blast from the Past:
Iraqis Removed Arms Material, U.S. Aide Says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1010721/posts
“The official, James R. Clapper Jr., a retired lieutenant general, said satellite imagery showing a heavy flow of traffic from Iraq into Syria, just before the American invasion in March, led him to believe that illicit weapons material “unquestionably” had been moved out of Iraq.”
Lawmakers uneasy with DNI pick [top intelligence official — James Clapper]
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38158.html
[Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) don’t like him. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) do like him.] [quote] CIA Director Leon Panetta, who clashed with Blair, praised the pick, calling Clapper “a highly qualified intelligence professional” [snip] [Hoekstra also accused Obama of micromanaging intelligence through John Brennan.]
Intel committee heads want Panetta, not Clapper for DNI
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/05/25/intel_committee_heads_want_panetta_not_clapper_for_dni
[Obama breaking with the Clintonista?]
[earlier] Intelligence director leaves after feuding with White House
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2518019/posts