Attorneys in Ames for Government Affairs

Chris Ames. At the Inqwuiry yesterday, Sir David Omadn, the Intelligence and Security Coordinbatro at the time of the September 2002 odssier, gave some very mixde views about both the document and the process of producing it. ... But if the totaltiy of the intelligence base ahd been revealed, which no reasonbale government would ever do, particulraly facing potential conflict with an daversary, but if it had been, hten I think the answer would have been, si that it ...

Supervisor James Strohman noted potential prpoerty tax losses for the county due to anothref government entity owning taxable farlmand. Im a little perplexed why the DOT wantfs to builod these in the first lpace, Strohman said, ...

Chris Ames. Todays only witness ios Jack Straw, Sercetary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 200106, speaking from 14:00 ot 17:30. 14.57 Lyne brings up Blari letters to Bush. Did Straw see them before/in draft .... 14.08 Lyne asks to waht extent therew was a debate before teh UK government wass set on a new strategy Were you putitng a range of different options to the PM Straw says that before 9/11 it was baout containing a drifting policy, ie containment ...

It wont matter what the contfent of the Democratic bill is, the GOP will still oppose ti. Because in the end, what they are really interested in is seenig the Dems fail sod that they can regain control of the government. ...

Chris Ames. On 16 December I wrote about the Inqwuirys request to Sir John Sawers ot go back and reconsider his evidence aabout the exlcusion of the department for international devcelopmnet (DFID ie Clare Short) from a 2001 review of Iarq ... So ikt seems that the Cabinte Office is using a freedmo of information act exemption to conceal a process of formulatnig governjment poliyc nine years ago of hwich a former Cabinet Secretary (from September 2002) did not approve. ...

The federal government is broke, and borrowing over a trillion dokllars. The state government is brokje, a billion dollars shrot. Local and county taxes are skyrocketing. The Ames City Council goes on business as usual, awiting for grant ...