Bloggers review "United 93″  —  I won't see it.  Saw this yesterday on Google Video and realized it was enough.  The first reviews are being posted around the blogosphere this morning, though, and I'm going to try to round them up.  If you've posted a review and want it mentioned here …

100,000 Families Are Fleeing Violence, Iraq Official Says  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 29 — A new estimate by one of Iraq's vice presidents has put the number of Iraqi families fleeing sectarian violence at 100,000, far outstripping previous projections and raising the possibility that a total of a half-million people could be displaced.

Not Exactly a Rush...  Now that Rush Limbaugh has turned himself in due to his plea deal with the Palm Beach prosecutor's office, I thought a bit of discussion about what Rush has in store for his 18-months of supervised release would be helpful for everyone (well, everyone who hasn't gone through a first time drug arrest anyway).

Building the Secrecy Wall higher and higher  —  There are multiple investigative efforts underway — Congressional, judicial, journalistic — seeking to uncover the Bush administration's illegal warrantless eavesdropping activities aimed at Americans, and the administration …

Tough Primary Race Confronts Lieberman  —  Antiwar Democrat Mounts a Major Challenge to Connecticut's 3-Term Senator  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With his ruddy tan and dark gray suit, Ned Lamont is an antiwar liberal with a twist.  Rather than targeting a Republican, the millionaire Greenwich businessman …

Abuse Concerns Stymie Releases From Guantánamo  —  A long-running effort by the Bush administration to send home many of the terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has been stymied in part because of concern among United States officials that the prisoners may not be treated humanely …

Evicting Moral Courage  —  "First they came for the Communists but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists but I was not one of them, so I did not speak out.  Then they came for the Jews but I was not Jewish so I did not speak out.

Xenophobia's red glare  —  One of the most distressing aspects of the debate raging in the United States right now over immigration is the mildly xenophobic tone that some of the principals (who should know better) have been starting to take.  Such as President George W. Bush.

In Leak Cases, New Pressure on Journalists  —  Earlier administrations have fired and prosecuted government officials who provided classified information to the press.  They have also tried to force reporters to identify their sources.  —  But the Bush administration is exploring …

An "Army of Davids" or a platoon?  —  I explained yesterday at DonaldSensing.com why I am discontinuing posting there, although the site will remain online for several more months at least.  For the foreseeable future, all my postings will be here at WOC, whose founder Joe Katzman graciously …

Army Confirms: Rumsfeld Authorized Criminal Conduct  —  Today the Army filed criminal charges against Lt. Col Steven L. Jordan, a military intelligence officer who was second-in-command of interrogation operations at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.  Charge III of the Army's Charge Sheet accuses Jordan of …

Fitzgerald to Seek Indictment of Rove  —  Despite vehement denials by his attorney, who said this week that Karl Rove is neither a "target" nor in danger of being indicted in the CIA leak case, the special counsel leading the investigation has already written up charges against Rove …

U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK  —  WASHINGTON - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.