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The New York Times:

Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld submitted a classified memo to the White House that acknowledged that the Bush administration’s strategy in Iraq was not working and called for a major course correction…

…Told that The New York Times had obtained a copy of it, a Pentagon spokesman, Eric Ruff, confirmed its authenticity. “As it became clear that people were considering options for the way forward, the secretary had some views on the subject, and this memo reflects those views,” he said…

What need do our enemies have of espionage? Understand, this is not to let off the hook those who leak such.  (If unearthed, they should be arrested.)  But if any enemy needs insight into our inner councils, they really just have to browse the New York Times regularly.

Indeed, imagine the potential damage that could have been done if the paper were able to have reported the likes of this 65 years ago?:

The UK Press Association:

Britain has created a “junk food society”, according to David Cameron.

The Tory leader called for an honest debate about the culture of food in this country.

Addressing UK members of the Slow Food movement, Mr Cameron said producing and eating good food was a “social responsibility”…

…He called on consumers to use their collective influence as a force for change.

Buying locally produced food, cooking and preparing proper meals and supporting farmers’ markets are all steps which consumers can take.

Clearly, even a far more “conservative” solution is being planned. For we peasants may shortly have little choice not just to buy local, but will probably have to grow most of our own food . . . seeing as travelling any farther than one can reach comfortably by “personal locomotion” (i.e. walking) will soon be made prohibitively expensive . . .

. . . making life a lot like it was in ye goode olde days:

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