1. Whoops. The classified budget of the 16 national intelligence gathering agencies is secret no more – because a blogger right clicked a PowerPoint slide.
2. Speaker silenced. After three assaults on Shi’i members of Parliament during the last year, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament is getting the boot. For a general rant about Iraqi politics, see this. For a fight in the Alabama legislature, see below.
3. Egyptians Vote! …Sorta. If a nation throws an election, and nobody cares/nobody goes, does it make a sound? Like mid-terms in the U.S… but with police brutality.