[ 15 July 2002 ]
   The Talent Myth
   Interesting article on the disconnect between performance and
   performance analysis
   ( Malcolm Gladwell via New Yorker )
   They don't like it up 'em
   Article about the US media's 'sinister' reaction to John Pilger's
   recent commentaries in the Daily Mirror
   ( Roy Greenslade via Guardian )
   See also this Independent article from yesterday, and this Pilger
   article from earlier this month
   US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies
   Article about the Terrorism Information and Prevention System (TIPS), a
   US Justice Dept initiative which aims to recruit millions of US
   citizens - 'primarily from among those whose work provides access to
   homes, businesses or transport systems' - to act as a volunteer network
   of informants
   ( Ritt Goldstein via Sydney Morning Herald )
   Goldstein has an unusual background - in 1997, following a campaign of
   police harassment, he fled to Sweden, becoming 'the only American in
   the world seeking political asylum'; see this Guardian article from
   2000, and this Guardian article from last year
   Bush recount troops land plum DC jobs
   Article about the high number of campaign workers who received posts in
   the Bush administration following their participation in the Florida
   recount process
   ( Carol Rosenberg via Miami Herald )
   FROM
   [1]http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm
   Scroll down for a little anarchy...

References

   1. http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm