George Tenet is resigning as head of the CIA. He says its for personal reasons but its a little suspicious coming on the heels of Ahmad Chalabi being accused of funneling information to Iran about the fact that we had broken their codes. Whoever gave him this information is a traitor to the United States. Meanwhile, George W. Bush denies ever meeting him in a meaningful way. And lest we forget, Warblogging.com reminds us about the whole Valerie Plame incident.

A recent Army e-mail insinuating a coordination between Dick Cheney's office and Halliburton on war contracts in Iraq is causing Democrats to call for more in-depth probes. Yahoo News has the story.

Enron's price manipulation is busted wide open by released audiotapes. Both Enron and (interestingly) the Justice Department tried to keep these under wraps.

Activist Joe Previtera stood on a box dressed as the hooded Iraqi prisoner in front of the Armed Forces Career Center in Boston, MA. He was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace and felony charges of making a false bomb threat and using a hoax device because the district attorney said people might have confused him for a terrorist. A Boston IndyMedia journalist covers the story in detail and Daily KOS is taking comments.

Marion County Sheriff Ed Dean gathered up used kevlar to help protect armored vehicles driven by soldiers in Iraq (including his deputy Fred Chisholm) and was told to mind his own business.

Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave opposes equal rights for homosexual marriage. No surprise there. Just thought I'd mention it.

Iraq is our enemy. We have always been at war with Iraq. France is our ally. They have always been our ally.

For the last few weeks the morning news has made me very happy every morning. Even if FAIR calls NPR biased to the right (snicker), it still makes me smile.

From the Daily Mislead: According to news reports, the Bush administration yesterday gave a $10 billion contract for the Department of Homeland Security to Accenture (formerly Arthur Andersen), despite the company having recently moved its official headquarters to Bermuda to avoid U.S. taxes.

In Election 2004 news, Americans United for Separation of Church and State reports "a plan by the George W. Bush reelection campaign to enlist 1,600 "friendly" houses of worship in Pennsylvania is amisguided attempt to build a church-based political machine that should be dropped immediately." They mention that "the Internal Revenue Code strictly forbids churches, which are tax exempt, from endorsing or opposing candidates for public office or intervening in partisan campaigns directly or indirectly."

Martha Raffaele reports that Marines Pfc. Andrew J. Sting and Pfc. Jeremiah J. Trefney plea guilty to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner at the Al Mahmudiya prison in Baghdad.

• Michael Moore Hates America
• TUBB UNIVERSAL BI-CAMMING BOLT ACTION
• Pizza man saved by gun, but fired for packin' heat
• Police shoot mountain lion, academics enraged
• The Changing Face of E-Mail?
• Musket Ban
• Pennsylvania State Troopers in Camo
• Concerns Grow About Lariam's Side Effects
• George Soros compares Abu Ghraib to 9/11

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On a personal note, all the built-up grease in my propane grill caught fire last night. I put it out with the single-use fire extinguisher, but was relegated to an evening of salad.

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