In 27 Cities, U.S. Carries Out Raids in Software Piracy Case NY Times

U.S. Nearing ABM Treaty Withdrawal. As you know, I’ve been railing against this plan since soon after Dubya took the throne and began making noises in this direction. Abrogating this treaty and pushing the ill-conceived national missile defense scheme was, prior to Sept. 11th, just about the Administration’s only foreign policy agenda. Sadly, it’s coming to pass, and we’re likely to see the newly-destabilized arms race restart. Back to the glory days again, I guess, and I can’t hope to convey how damnable it is for him to hold my children and their generation nuclear hostages for a brain-dead pipedream like NMD that isn’t needed and could never work anyway. Reuters