Everything is a Matter of National Security, Apparently

by Ugh Reuters reports: A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. Although these cases rarely involve national security issues, documents reviewed by Reuters show that law enforcement … Read more

Your who’s the 12th Friday open thread

by liberal japonicus With Dr. Science filling the anime/comic book/(insert appropriate label here) slot in our line-up, I guess it is time for a confession. I really have never gotten into Dr. Who. I find this a bit strange, my mom was from England, and I was probably a lot more familiar with British culture … Read more