Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
4:40 AM ET, August 17, 2007

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
CNN:
Jury finds Padilla guilty on terror charges  —  MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — The jury in the Jose Padilla terror trial has found the American guilty of conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas.  —  Padilla was originally arrested on allegations that he planned to set off radioactive "dirty bombs" in the United States.
RELATED:
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Padilla convicted of terrorism support  —  MIAMI - Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant, was convicted Thursday of helping Islamic extremists and plotting overseas attacks in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration's zeal to clamp down on terrorism.
Lindsay Beyerstein / Majikthise:
The menticide of Jose Padilla  —  Democracy Now! has a fascinating interview with a psychiatrist who interviewed suspected terrorist Jose Padilla for over 22 hours in an attempt to determine whether he was fit to stand trial after more than 3 years of solitary confinement.
Discussion: Liberty Street and Salon
Democracy Now:   EXCLUSIVE: An Inside Look at How U.S. Interrogators Destroyed …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Padilla Found Guilty on All Counts in Terror Case
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Director's Notes Contradict Gonzales's Version Of Ashcroft Visit  —  Then-Attorney General John D. Ashcroft was "feeble," "barely articulate" and "stressed" moments after a hospital room confrontation in March 2004 with Alberto R. Gonzales, who wanted Ashcroft to approve …
RELATED:
New York Times:
Notes Detail Visit to Ashcroft's Hospital Room  —  John Ashcroft was "barely articulate," "feeble" and "clearly stressed" as he sat in a hospital room chair in March 2004 when top White House aides unsuccessfully tried to persuade him, as the Attorney General, to sign an extension …
Attorney General / leahy.senate.gov:
Leahy Asks Justice Department's Inspector General To Investigate Conflicting Testimony  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday asked the Justice Department's Inspector General to investigate potentially false or misleading testimony given by Attorney General …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
PICKERING TO RESIGN FROM CONGRESS  —  From NBC's Mark Murray  —  Rep. Chip Pickering, R-Miss., is announcing he's resigning from Congress to work on K Street, becoming the latest House Republican to either vacate his seat or decide not to seek re-election in 2008.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
RELATED:
James L. / Swing State Project:
MS-03: With Floodgates Open, Pickering Retires (Updated)
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Laura Hipp / Clarion-Ledger:
Rep. Pickering not seeking re-election
Discussion: The Politico
Satyam / Think Progress:
Tony Snow Signals His Resignation, Plus 'A Couple' More 'Coming Up In The Next Month'  —  After the recent resignation of Karl Rove, media outlets speculated on what the rest of President Bush's term will look like without "the Architect."  The President is "fighting lame duck status," reported the AP.
RELATED:
CNN Political Ticker:
Jenna Bush engaged  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President and Laura Bush's daughter, Jenna, is engaged to be married, the White House announced Thursday.  —  Jenna Bush, 24, is marrying Henry Hager, 28, a former White House aide who used to work with Karl Rove.  His father, John Hager, is the chairman of the Virginia Republican Party.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and Bluey Blog
RELATED:
CNN:
Poll: Majority mistrustful of upcoming Iraq report  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans don't trust the upcoming report by the Army's top commander in Iraq on the progress of the war and even if they did, it wouldn't change their mind, according to a new poll.
Nic Fleming / Telegraph:
'We have broken speed of light'  —  A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time.  —  According to Einstein's special theory of relativity, it would require an infinite amount of energy …
Arwa Damon / CNN:
Iraqi women: Prostituting ourselves to feed our children  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — The women are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used.  They have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children — for as little as $8 a day.
Tony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon Paid $998,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers  —  Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to an Army base in Texas, U.S. officials said.
Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:
An embarrassed Fox News hits Wikipedia  —  It's been a rough week for our ol' friends at Fox News.  Thanks to some IP-address based research, the political world learned that the FNC was responsible for "touching up" Wikipedia pages, editing content that didn't fit with the partisan network's political agenda.
Associated Press:
Man kissed ailing wife, threw her off balcony, prosecutors say  —  KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — A man threw his seriously ill wife four stories to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her medical care, prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree murder.
Rasmussen Reports:
In Surge, Giuliani Now Tops Clinton by Seven Points  —  After being virtually tied with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for several months, Republican contender Rudy Giuliani now leads Clinton up 47% to 40% in the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 4:40 AM ET, August 17, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
davidthompson:
False Consciousness  —  Thanks to The Thin Man for directing …
AMERICAN DIGEST:
Hillary's Feeling "Good About Where I Am." In Pahrump, Nevada.
Rory Carroll / Guardian:
Hotel mistakes Nobel laureate for bag lady
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Richardson Aide Quits After Brothel Link Discovery
Lewis Z. Koch / Firedoglake:
Reflections On Padilla
David Neiwert / Orcinus:
Migrant murder on video
Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Countrywide taps credit line for cash
Peter Keepnews / New York Times:
Max Roach, a Founder of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83
 Earlier Items: 
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Real ID: Anti-terror tool or Big Brother?
Discussion: Making Light and Pandagon
Brink Lindsey / Cato-at-liberty:
Invasion of the Cheney Snatchers
New York Times:
Dow Drops 340 Points, Then Recovers Losses
Abu Aardvark:
Iraq's emergency political summit fails
Jeff Ferrell / KSLA-TV:
Homeland Security Enlists Clergy to Quell Public Unrest if Martial Law Ever Declared
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
'DIEBOLD ELECTION SYSTEMS, INC.' IS NO MORE! (At Least in Name)
Randall Hoven / American Thinker:
It's Not Just Scott Beauchamp
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Elisabeth Egan / New York Times:
An interview with Craig Garnett, the publisher of The Uvalde Leader-News, about his new book Uvalde's Darkest Hour, the aftermath of the school shooting, more

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page