September 2nd, 2008
The Parade Goes On…
You’re kidding me, right? I mean, how many stories like this are we gonna see?
WASHINGTON (CNN)—Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified information on two of the nation’s most sensitive terrorism programs, but he will not be prosecuted, the Justice Department inspector general said Tuesday.
[...]
The papers in question were so sensitive they were to be kept in the Justice Department Command Center.
“Despite this briefing, the attorney general took the notes home with him in his briefcase that evening and did not store them in a safe at his residence,” the report said.
The report says Gonzales violated the rules for handling top-secret information hours after he was briefed on the strict procedures for handling the documents. [emphasis added]
And this bit of vintage Alberto from a few paragraphs farther down…
Gonzales told investigators he did not remember taking the notes home and did not remember the combination to the safe.
Sigh…
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June 15th, 2008
Chris Gestrin
After the City Has Gone: Quiet
2007, Songlines
From the March 2008 issue of JazzTimes…
Recorded over a three-day period in 2004, this two-disc set of stark improvisations places pianist Gestrin in ever-changing trio, duo and solo settings with a dozen compatriots from Vancouver’s creative music scene. The pieces are quiet and roomy, suffused with a cool northwestern mist as they roam through soft scribblings, mysterious foreign landscapes and composed-sounding impressionist sketches. Remarkably, the diverse pieces all feel like parts of a planned whole, a freeform Zen suite to be contemplated and absorbed.
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