Safety, Privacy, Health. What Do You Need All That Crap For?

1. Democracy Now! reports on the Sago Mine explosion: Were the Deaths of the 12 Coal Miners Preventable? A Look At the History of Safety Violations at the Sago Mine and takes a look at the issue of mine safety: Whistleblower Warns the Bush Administration Is Cutting Back Mining Safety Regulations.
2. What if the administration wiretapped CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour?
AMERICAblog tells
What it means to John Kerry, Wesley Clark, and Bill Clinton if Bush wiretapped CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
What the—?! Did the administration wiretap CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour?
AMERICAblog says NBC confirms it’s investigating whether Bush spied on CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
3. Group: U.S. Not Protected Against Mad Cow — McDonald’s (yeah) and some science-types say “the government is not fully protecting animals or people from mad cow disease.” Plus they offer suggestions as to what safeguards should be put in place. —