Making Martial Law Easier Bush has had more bills striking at the heart of American democracy passed in the dead of night. A provision quietly tucked into the enormous defense budget bill at the Bush administration's behest makes it easier for a president to override local control of law enforcement and declare martial law. The provision, signed into law in October, weakens posse comitatus laws...

Gatto: New Found Sunni Oil and The Future of Iraq

New oil discoveries in the Sunni-controlled Western Provinces, could make the idea of a three-state Iraq more plausible. The area will find itself under more American scrutney than ever.