I haven't seen this mentioned in any diaries, but let me know if its a repeat.  I can never seem to get the search function to work properly.

There is an article in the Pacific News Service today that says the Dept of Homeland Security has contracted Halliburton to create temporary detention centers.  I just read it, and my head is still smoking.  Here's the brief run-down:

A Halliburton subsidiary has just received a $385 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide "temporary detention and processing capabilities."

The contract -- announced Jan. 24 by the engineering and construction firm KBR -- calls for preparing for "an emergency influx of immigrants, or to support the rapid development of new programs" in the event of other emergencies, such as "a natural disaster." The release offered no details about where Halliburton was to build these facilities, or when.

Why is it quitting to say "I want a party that represents ME" ...

Why is it quitting to say "I want to start fresh" ...

Why is it quitting to say "I am going to give my support to someone else, someone more in line with my goals" ...

Why the fuck do I have to be labeled a quitter if I decide that I deserve a representative that actually, you know, REPRESENTS me?

(This is not a brand-new article, but I came across it today and was shocked that I had never seen it mentioned before.  I ran a search of the diaries and couldn't find anything, but I am not the most fluent user of dkos's search system, so if this is a repeat, let me know and I will delete.)

I came across an article on Newsday.com today that chronicles the story of two brothers who write political satire in Afghanistan, who were detained in 2002 and spent 3 years in Gitmo due to a piece that they wrote in 1998 that takes a poke at Bill Clinton.

More below...

In the New York Times (I found it on Truthout.org)...

Yucca Foe's Aide Gets Nuclear Panel Post
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a deal to let 175 of President Bush's nominees take office, an adviser to new Democratic leader Harry Reid, the Senate's staunchest opponent of a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, will be named to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

For months Senate Republicans had refused to take up, or even hold a hearing, on the nomination of Gregory Jaczko, Reid's adviser on nuclear issues.

In turn, Reid, who has pledged to try to kill the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, had blocked the Bush nominations.

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*sob  And this is the guy who is supposed to lead us.  Un-freaking-believable.  The rest of the article is below the jump.