As the Current Situation morphs and becomes more complex, many things are happening behind the scenes.
Bush, unsurprisingly, is pushing to get the Alaska drilling going. This would be a better idea, and do more to alleviate the situation, but of course that's not what Big Oil wants. Not to mention researching alternative energy etc.
The DoD has cornered the market on hi-res satellite images of Afghanistan, "blocking access by the media and interest groups to the information and circumventing potential First Amendment lawsuits."
These folks are keeping track of what's being kept quiet, like this:
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry dropped from its web site a report on chemical site security. The report notes that “security at chemical plants ranged from fair to very poor” and that “security around chemical transportation assets ranged from poor to non-existent.” The report, Industrial Chemicals and Terrorism: Human Health Threat Analysis, Mitigation and Prevention, does not provide information about individual facilities.
This is a good site to check on about privacy/security issues. They have a newsletter they can email you too.
