Beware of politicians and others who argue the world fundamentally changed in the wake of al Qaeda’s mass murders in the Twin Towers, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania field, because that is a dead giveaway of a historical ego-driven self-absorption.
Without knowing more details — and upcoming Senate inquiries may take care of that — it’s hard to say that disclosures that the U.S. military paid to plant stories in the Iraqi press are any kind of big deal, although it does sound as if, as usual, we overpaid.
Latin America has replaced Asia as the source for most of the heroin seized in the United States, as the Colombian drug cartels have branched out from cocaine into other drugs, federal agents say.
Expect even more explosive disclosures of corruption on Capitol Hill to come soon as Justice Department investigations move into high gear.