Author: Rick Klau

Several sources are naming the individual under investigation as an Israeli spy as Larry Franklin, though CNN states that “more than one government employee is under investigation.”

War and Piece, Laura Rozen’s blog, has the complete update. Turns out that she, Josh Marshall and Paul Glastris have been on this story for quite some time, and have details not previously disclosed on the matter. Read Laura’s update, and keep an eye on the site. As she says towards the end, there’s clearly…

CBS News is reporting: CBS News has learned that the FBI has a full-fledged espionage investigation under way and is about to — in FBI terminology — “roll up” someone agents believe has been spying not for an enemy, but for Israel from within the office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon. ……

Another new advertiser, a law firm! Welcome to Coleman & Weinstein, a law firm who’s been advertising on blogs for some time. (I still love their original ad, whose tag line, “Speak Yiddish, Dress British”, is one of the funniest I’ve seen.) Named partner Ron Coleman is known for, among other things, his Internet savvy…

In a shameless attempt to boost their traffic, the Washington Post has encouraged us to shamelessly promote our own sites: So… swing on over to the Washington Post and nominate this site, or any of the other fine sites out there. In the immortal words of Bartles and Jaymes, thank you for your support…

Take a look at Bob Hertzberg’s site at changeLA.com. Bob is running for mayor of Los Angeles, and has a blog to which he and his staff contribute. The race is interesting — the election isn’t until March, the current mayor has already indicated he won’t attend the first scheduled debate, and there’s a federal…

No sooner do I praise Amazon that I read this report that they removed JD’s review of Dan Gillmor’s We the Media for inexplicable reasons. Easy come, easy go.

OK, gang… Google has bestowed on me another 5 10 Gmail invites. Send me an e-mail with some indication that you’re a regular reader and I’ll send you an invite. First come, first served. No wagering. Update: Google just upped my supply. And demand has been rather light thus far. So let me know if…

John Kerry’s second in command in Viet Nam on PCF-44, spoke at tonight’s DuPage Democrats meeting. Wasser was one of the 13 men who fought alongside Kerry in Viet Nam who was on the podium with Kerry at the Democratic National Convention last month, and talked for over an hour about his impressions of Senator…

“Astroturfing” is nothing new. There have been plenty of stories about letter campaigns to newspapers that were clearly pre-written by interested parties. However, as the political season heats up, the practice is apparently increasing rapidly and upsetting plenty of editors, who don’t quite know what to do about it. Of course, as the first article…