{"id":589,"date":"2004-02-05T13:34:27","date_gmt":"2004-02-05T21:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/02\/05\/more-links-but-fewer-this-time\/"},"modified":"2004-02-05T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2004-02-05T21:34:27","slug":"more-links-but-fewer-this-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=589","title":{"rendered":"More links, but fewer this time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few things caught my eye today. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>By way of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/archives\/week_2004_02_01.html#002529\">Josh Marshall<\/a>, this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insightmag.com\/news\/2004\/02\/17\/National\/Cheneys.Staff.Focus.Of.Probe-598606.shtml\">UPI report<\/a> suggests that the Valerie Plame case may be heating up a bit more. Here&#8217;s the relevant quote:\n<div class=\"snip\">Federal law-enforcement officials said that they have developed hard evidence of possible criminal misconduct by two employees of Vice President Dick Cheney&#8217;s office related to the unlawful exposure of a CIA officer&#8217;s identity last year. The investigation, which is continuing, could lead to indictments, a Justice Department official said.<\/p>\n<p>According to these sources, John Hannah and Cheney&#8217;s chief of staff, Lewis &#8220;Scooter&#8221; Libby, were the two Cheney employees. &#8220;We believe that Hannah was the major player in this,&#8221; one federal law-enforcement officer said. Calls to the vice president&#8217;s office were not returned, nor did Hannah and Libby return calls.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy of the FBI is to make clear to Hannah &#8220;that he faces a real possibility of doing jail time&#8221; as a way to pressure him to name superiors, one federal law-enforcement official said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Over at her lovely blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com\/2004_02_01_echidneofthesnakes_archive.html#107601209523068181\">Echidne of the Snakes<\/a> takes on the claim that marriage, in and of itself, is sacred.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of Echidne, she <a href=\"http:\/\/echidneofthesnakes.blogspot.com\/2004_02_01_echidneofthesnakes_archive.html#107574519464960355\">responds<\/a> to the Janet Jackson thing, as does Lauren at Feministe, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feministe.us\/blog\/archives\/000662.php\">here<\/a> and <a href=http:\/\/www.feministe.us\/blog\/archives\/000665.php\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Scott McCloud directs us to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weebls-stuff.com\/toons\/29\/\">this incidiously adorable Flash animation<\/a>, although asks that we not blame him for the consequences.<\/li>\n<li>Looks like Diebold&#8217;s systems are <a href=\"http:\/\/story.news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;u=\/sv\/riggedelectioncalledpossible\">perfectly secure<\/a>. So, take that you lefty conspiracy theorists. (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pandagon.net\/mtarchives\/000932.html\">Pandagon<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today. I may come back later to expand on my comments about Charlize Theron (most-likely) winning the Oscar for Best Actress, and why I think this is a bad thing, but I&#8217;ll most likely hold off on that until tomorrow.<a style=\"text-decoration:none\" href=\"\/index.php?p=where-can-i-buy-deltasone-yahoo\">.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few things caught my eye today. Enjoy. By way of Josh Marshall, this UPI report suggests that the Valerie Plame case may be heating up a bit more. 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