While the President and the punditocracy alike have no compunctions in talking about Guantanamo Bay, the word that continues to be unspoken is Bagram.
If any journalists are reading this, here's your assignment: find out what was in deputy NSA Advisor John Brennan's unpublished Op-Ed from 2005, which he titled, "Mr. President, You're Wrong on Iraq."
This note is relayed by my friend Lolis Elie, reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, who describes Beverly Bell's work in Haiti as "selfless and inspiring."
President Obama has been asked to weigh in on the portentous Colts v. Saints Super Bowl matchup.
In the welter of State of the Union news, this tidbit got to me: the administration is letting the Office of Gulf Coast Recovery quietly die.
In the wake of the Underpants Bomber, lobbyists for companies that make full-body scanners -- including -- Michael Chertoff -- have unhesitatingly pushed their products. But fashion and profit aside, why not sniffer dogs?
