The Audiophiles » GAO http://www.theaudiophiles.net Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:17:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 The framing continues, still with no clear answer. http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/09/05/the-framing-continues-still-with-no-clear-answer/ http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/09/05/the-framing-continues-still-with-no-clear-answer/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:26:26 +0000 nick http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/09/05/the-framing-continues-still-with-no-clear-answer/ The GAO (Government Accountability Office) announced its latest findings on Iraq yesterday. Its conclusion: things are basically negative in Iraq, and security hasn’t shown any marked improvement since “the surge” began. Not only are the Ministry of the Interior and the Baghdad police force plagued by “dysfunction,” the report says, the level of violence across the country has not decreased.

But military officials in Iraq disagree. They say that the GAO’s report does not include the most recent data, which does show a measureable decrease in sectarian violence.

So are we ever going to get a straight answer to these issues, or will opposing sides continue to discount the other’s findings?

More on:
Petraeus interviewed by Couric here.
Military officials in Iraq disagree with GAO here.
Why different people are coming up with different numbers here.
President Bush thinks “we’re kicking ass” here.

]]> http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/09/05/the-framing-continues-still-with-no-clear-answer/feed/ 0 Week in Review http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/31/week-in-review-8/ http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/31/week-in-review-8/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:44:56 +0000 nick http://www.theaudiophiles.net/2007/08/31/week-in-review-8/ We all know about the largely reported stories this week: The GAO’s less than stellar assessment of the situation in Iraq, Nawaz Sharif’s impending return to General Mr. Musharraf’s Pakistan, and – gasp! – Burning Man’s premature burning. We even got nonstop obsession with Miss Teen South Carolina (who, by the way, is of course milking it for all she can).

But chances are you missed these stories: the first reporter is allowed inside the Terrorist Screening Center, dogs hunt down pirated DVDs, and graffiti for the blind.

More on:
NPR story on the Terrorist Screening Center here.
DVD-sniffing dogs here.
Braille Graffiti project (with video) here.

(audio clip from Dr. Strangelove)

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