Saturday is a perfect day to release news that you don't really want people to pay attention to. Of course, this means you're still playing the MSM game and don't get the immediacy of the Internet, RSS, blogs, etc. Never fear. Post An Apology is paying attention for you. That's because important facts and intriguing tidbits sometimes emerge on Saturdays, so here goes:
1. Plame Case. Irving's publicist (we refuse to call him Scooter) is mum regarding the latest round of redactions in his case. This as pretty-boy Patrick Fitzgerald files a lengthy affadavit in U.S. District Court Friday that says "Libby is not entitled to know everything that government investigators learned about other leaks to reporters regarding Valerie Plame's employment as a covert CIA operative." So there. (WaPo here) This on the heels of the Dukester's fairly harsh sentence of 8 years 4 months (he deserved the full 10). Irving is a major hardball player and should never be underestimated. However, he's also the Neocon dope who wrote child porno novel The Apprentice, (here) and so we can pretty much count on him tripping himself up somehow.
2. Removal of Non-Classified Documents. Documents that are not classified are being removed from the National Archives. Have you wondered why? You should. Do these documents have secrets? If not, why remove them? It's causing enough of a stir that "Archivist Allen Weinstein announced a moratorium on the reclassification efforts Thursday." (WaPo here) Pay close attention to this one. A nation without a traceable history is in danger of having that history rewritten.
3. The negligent homocide of Pat Tillman? The friendly fire that made Pat Tillman a hero won't go away. Seems that homocide investigations are now re-opened, much to the chagrin of the Army. "The Army originally reported that Tillman was killed in a fierce firefight with enemy forces in the rugged mountains of Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, and officials heralded his heroism with a tale of how he was charging a hill against the enemy when he was shot. Weeks later, after a national televised memorial service, the Army revealed that he had been gunned down by members of his own unit who rounded a corner in a Humvee and mistook him and a coalition Afghan fighter for the enemy." (WaPo here)
The military is still trying to win the hearts and minds of Americans and this doesn't bode well in their efforts. Guys, just tell the truth. We can take it.
