U.S. Plans to Release Its Evidence on Bin Laden: “The Bush administration, determined to prove to the world that Osama bin Laden and his cohorts are guilty of the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon, plans to make public a detailed analysis of the evidence collected by intelligence and police agencies, senior officials said today.

In deciding to publish its case against the Afghanistan-based terrorist, the administration concluded that international support for its planned military, diplomatic and economic retaliation is more important than the intelligence secrets that might be compromised.” LA Times

The Phantom Towers, a memorial Paul Myoda and Julian Laverdiere

The Phantom Towers, a memorial Paul Myoda and Julian Laverdiere

The Phantom Towers, a memorial Paul Myoda and Julian Laverdiere

Television can enhance children’s intellectual development, study finds EurekAlert

They’ve got it covered

Book shops are no

longer sweet, sedate, cerebral places in the calm, measured

business of selling knowledge. They’re battlegrounds for

publishers, piled high, battalions of their products coming after

you. Their weapon is the book cover.

Publishers think we’re all mugs and, by and large, that’s exactly

what we are. We judge books by their covers. We know what to

expect. The bookshop is almost colour-coded to make selection

easier. Bubblegum cartoon covers for girly relationship novels.

Cold-war thrillers, horror, sci-fi, all dressed in gothic black with

melodramatic gold lettering. It’s design shorthand. Publishers

have just a few seconds to catch your eye, as you

promiscuously scan the shop floor. Let your eye rest for a

second, and they’ve almost got you. Make contact, read the

blurb on the back and, most important today, clock the face of

the author. Raffishly lived-in like Paul Auster, or boho glam like

Zadie Smith: either way, you’re sold. It’s not enough any more

for wannabe bestselling authors to send in a mere manuscript. A

photo, professionally styled, is mandatory. The Guardian UK

Governments struggle to second guess terrorists’ next move: “As the dust starts to settle on the terrorist atrocities in the US, governments around the world are urgently reviewing their counter-terrorist measures. One of their biggest unknowns is whether terrorists are now likely to stick to the low-tech approach of 11 September, or whether they will turn to chemical or biological weapons.” New Scientist

Hacker rewrites Yahoo! news stories: “A computer security expert has revealed how he altered news

articles posted to Yahoo!’s web site without permission. The

incident highlights the danger of hackers posting misleading

information to respected news outlets, say experts.” New Scientist

What happens next? Six options beyond war and peace. Reason

This is robo-roach:” …surgically

implanted with a micro-robotic backpack that allows researchers to control its movements.”

Attack on America: An Islamic Perspective

In short, America isn’t anti-Islamic. Nor does it need to be. America and Allah are not at odds. Nor do they need to be. If the United States fails to alter the course of its foreign policy and if it continues to be perceived as anti-Islamic, Islamic terrorism may not go away with missiles and bombs. In that event, more than six million Muslims, now living in the United States, may suffer persecution that American Indians, African-Americans and American citizens of Japanese descent have experienced in the past. In that event, America will also fail from within. –Professor Ali Khan (Washburn University School of Law), The Jurist

The war effort gears up:

Kabul looted as order disintegrates: “As thousands of nervous Afghans flee Kabul and other big towns, reports have emerged of looting in the capital as law and order begins to break down.” The Times of London

Destined to Shadowbox With the Devil: “When is someone going to admit that the terrorists have already won, immobilizing the world’s greatest democracy and that much of what we are doing as a nation is simply stomping our feet in frustration? LA Times

The Hunt for bin Laden Gears Up on a Trail Gone Cold — ‘For his part, Mr. bin Laden is where he has so often been since he proclaimed his holy war in the mid- 1990’s and set out to kill as many Americans as he could — everywhere, and nowhere, the subject of countless rumors and speculations. The only thing certain is that each passing day gives the world’s most wanted fugitive more opportunity to move and to hide.

As of today, 24 hours after the Taliban announced their “final decision” to refuse his handover, this much was known publicly about Mr. bin Laden’s whereabouts: virtually nothing.’ New York Times [name: “FMHreader”, password: “FMHreader”]

However, whom would you rather believe? “British intelligence agents have discovered the position of terror chief Osama bin Laden… PM Tony Blair’s official spokesman last night confirmed: “Bin Laden is in Afghanistan. We know he is there, put it that way.” ‘ News of the World

Or: Bin Laden ‘fleeing to Somalia’: “US officials believe Osama bin Laden is preparing to

leave Afghanistan to set up his terrorist operations in Somalia.” This is London

The Phantom Towers, a memorial Paul Myoda and Julian Laverdiere