Washington Post editor Bob Woodward announced this week that he was given information about CIA operative Valerie Plame a month before Bob "Traitor" Novak published her name.
Woodward, along with Carl Bernstein, became famous for breaking the Watergate story with the help of a long confidential source code named "Deep Throat." Giving a reason that he hasn't come forward until now Woodward said that he "is in the habit of keeping secrets," and elaborated that "dealing with Deep Throat taught me to keep my mouth closed. I handle these situations as though I've been given a gag order."
Woodward said the hardest part of this leak was finding a suitably dirty name for his informant. He eventually settled on "Daisy Chainy."
Journalism analysts note that it is interesting to see journalists willing go to jail to protect sources who leak to them even after it has become painfully clear that those sources have actually been leaking on them.
Most journalists involved in the scandal, however, don't seem to feel used as propaganda tools of the Bush administration and many even openly long for the Clinton years when a leak wasn't a form of treason but left an undeniable DNA imprint.
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According to multiple new polls, President Bush's approval rating is at an all time low. In fact, his approval rating has dipped below the old record low which came from a 1993 poll of Bush's former employers.
Researchers in Japan are developing a "human remote control" system which sends low voltage electricity through headphones into the wearer's ears and can be used to control the movements of the subject. There is hope that this technology will be used to help keep the elderly from suffering dangerous falls instead of what you are thinking.
Ed. Note: Down, down, up, down, left, right, down, right is the secret controller move for "unhook bra."
WWE wrestling star Eddie Guerrero was found dead in a Minneapolis hotel room Sunday morning. While authorities say there was no sign of suicide, a 2003 Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce study concluded that 82% of the city's Saturday night visitors have entertained the thought.
President Bush attempted to defend himself against criticism last week by complaining that those who are questioning the administration's use of pre-war intelligence are "rewriting history". The President went on to charge that rewriting history was irresponsible because it would be a waste of taxpayer dollars to rewrite history that the Vice President's office was already paid to rewrite once.
Interior Department officials announced this week that the grizzly bear may be taken off of the endangered species thanks to a steady increase in their numbers since becoming protected in 1975. In related sports news the NBA announced this week that the number of Memphis Grizzly fans is still dangerously low, hovering at around three and a half dozen.
Super-Conservative Senator Rick Santorum flip-flopped on intelligent design last weekend, stating that he thinks it should NOT be taught in public schools reversing his opinion expressed in a Washington Times op-ed piece a year ago. Santorum, who is up for re-election in 2006 and already way behind in recent polls has to worry about alienating his radical conservative base by appearing to pander to the "vast rational majority."
The televised confession of a would-be suicide bomber who was involved in last week's hotel bombings in Amman has shocked Jordanian citizens. While most were incensed that Al-Qaeda would sink low enough to send a woman to do the work of "Amman" some were not surprised that her husband had encouraged her to undertake the mission noting that she has a face made for a career in martyrdom.
On his trip to Asia this week President Bush is hoping to convince Japan to lift its ban on U.S. beef. American beef was replaced by British beef as the meat of choice for Japanese housewives in 1969 when Yoko Ono bagged John Lennon.
