DoD Website, Rat Pictures Yet More Victims of War on Terror
Friday, December 29th, 2006
When we got an email from the Department of Defense’s press office headlined “Medics Clear Rats From Saddam Hussein’s Bunker,” we knew we had just the story to round out a half-day of posting on the afternoon before a Ford day weekend. But when we went to look for the promised pictures of rats in Saddam Hussein’s bunker, we found only a 404. MORE »
When we got an email from the Department of Defense’s press office headlined “Medics Clear Rats From Saddam Hussein’s Bunker,” we knew we had just the story to round out a half-day of posting on the afternoon before a Ford day weekend. But when we went to look for the promised pictures of rats in Saddam Hussein’s bunker, we found only a 404. MORE »
Will it ever stop? What have we done to deserve… wait, hold on — it’s totally sunny out right now. Kinda pleasant, actually! Still, the Post reports today that the IRS, Justice, and the National Archives are waterlogged and closed. But wait — don’t go trafficking drugs, evading taxes, and not counting your slaves as 3/5ths of your state’s representation just yet! While the IRS remains closed and without a projected date for reopening, their spokesperson promises that “the tax system continues to operate.” Justice is apparently fine too, according to this email we were forwarded earlier today: 
Relax, everyone — the OMB is on the case of your stolen sensitive information. No more worries about your Social Security number, listed in a convenient Excel spreadsheet, ending up at some mid-level bureaucrat’s easily-robbed house over the weekend. Nope, the OMB, taking decisive action, has put its foot down and said that federal civilian agencies better comply with “new measures” in 45 days or else!