In the News: Feb-01

Reporter subpoenaed over book sources - 1 Feb 2008 at 1:38pm - WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury has subpoenaed a reporter for The New York Times in an apparent attempt to force him to disclose his sources in a 2006 book on the CIA, a lawyer for the reporter said.

Crocker: Iraq needs US troops until 2009 - 1 Feb 2008 at 12:57pm - WASHINGTON -- American combat troops will be needed in Iraq at least into 2009 to battle a resilient al-Qaida and still vibrant insurgency, the top U.S. diplomat to Iraq told The Associated Press on Friday.

Thought for the day:
Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. -Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)