In The News: Due to technical difficulties, no commentary this morning.
The Status Of Forces Agreement allowing US forces to remain in Iraq after the UN authorization expires on DECEMBER 31 2008 (Mark that date... without an agreement the US officially becomes an invader) is under fire from the Iraqi parliament and it's headed for a showdown even as General Odierno claims the Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel captured a while back were 'bribing' Iraqi parliamentarians.
In Afghanistan, a 34 year old female NGO worker has been killed in Kabul by the Taliban for proselytizing Christianity. It is illegal to promulgate other religions in the country. More.
Petro-Biz - Russia, Iran, and Qatar are forming a new international cartel to market other people's energy resources... GPEC.
California... The split-personality state: San Francisco is extending it's business hours to catch up on same-sex marriage licenses as the elections draw near with an amendment to the California constitution declaring 'marriage' as only applying to male-female bondings.
Da' Buffalo's choice:
U.S. lawmakers mull domestic intel agency WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. congressional leaders, considering whether to establish a domestic intelligence agency, heard about the pros and cons of creating such a bureau.
The non-profit Rand Corp. think tank submitted its findings to Congress on how the new entity could be organized either as part of an existing department or as a new agency -- but didn't include a recommendation, CNN reported.
The document provides a framework for lawmakers to consider when deciding how or whether to reorganize domestic intelligence-gathering, Rand's Gregory Treverton said.
"Public demand for domestic intelligence is driven by the perceived threat and those perceptions can change much more rapidly than the threat itself," the report says.
The Rand report provided two options. One would create a new entity that uses intelligence agencies from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the intelligence community, CNN said. The second would create an "agency within an agency," such as the FBI or Homeland Security. Source
Hello... May I see your papers?
Your PAPERS 'please'...
Below the 'fold' in the 'Notes:' for document inspection... Thank You.
"All The News You Never Knew You Needed To Know ...Until Now." Travus T. Hipp - Cabale News Service
![[item image]](http://ia311227.us.archive.org/1/items/tth_081021/identifier.jpg?cnt=0 "[item image]")
![[help]](/images/question.gif "[help]")
)![[Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0]](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png "[Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0]")
