News 11-14-2005

By now you’ve already heard: Guantanamo inmates to lose all rights — Here we go: legislative activists adjudicating from their Senate seats.
Recently in this space, we wondered if Iran would be keen on a US-EU compromise on their nuclear program which would require them to get their enriched uranium from Russia. Well, we have an answer: Iran Nixes Uranium Enrichment Proposal — “Iran’s nuclear fuel will be produced inside Iran.” — Perhaps the IAEA can convince them to reconsider.
Wrestling With History — In October of ’02, after the ink was long dry on the invasion plans, and congress had already authorized OFL to use military force against Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld presented a 29 bullet point list of “potential pitfalls,” “all the things that one has to anticipate could be a problem” on the “off-chance” that we might have a conflict with Iraq. — Why did Rumsfeld write that memo, at that moment, and why is he flagging it now? —