"Hundreds of American Special Operations forces have been quietly moved to a military base in East Africa for missions against fighters with Al Qaeda who are believed to be hiding throughout the region, but especially in Yemen, Pentagon officials said today."

Another front opens...

"For weeks, security experts and software companies have been anticipating the Sept. 18 unveiling of the White House's blueprint for cybersecurity. Technology and administrative bigwigs are indeed gathering at Stanford University tomorrow, but now it turns out that what will be released is not a final plan, just another draft. "

The long-awaited plan is going to have to wait a bit longer I guess.  The goverment is claiming it is a "living document" and therefore will never be done, but if they're calling it a draft, I don't suspect its close to being "brought to life" as a final document.  It would appear lobbying by the tech industry would be partly responsible for the last minute changes.  Declan McCullagh got a hold of some early versions (jpg's here.)  I'll have more to say on this tomorrow I imagine.

"One murder, some coke, an orgy with Icelandic flight attendants, loads of manipulation, and a capo excusing himself from dinner at the boss's place while he makes it in the upstairs bathroom with the boss's sister. All in all, a pretty uneventful -- but nonetheless spectacular -- premiere for the Sopranos. More than anything, David Chase laid the foundation for the season ahead, setting mulitple plotlines in motion. If we can use the first three seasons as a barometer, he'll likely follow only a few of them, and leave us to salivate over the others. "

Blogcritics is planning on episodic summary/reviews of The Soprano's this season. 

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