Snippets.

Too tired for any real in-depth commentary, so here are some snippets of the top stories today that have people talking. By the way, very few people seem to be talking big about the Brownie/dinner story. Seems to me to be too sad to just move on from. OMG, Katrina was sooooo last month.

First news is a new website set up by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. Yes, it's real...

1. Fitzgerald Launches Web Site

Special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has just launched his own brand-new Web site.

Could it be that he's getting ready to release some new legal documents? Like, maybe, some indictments? It's certainly not the action of an office about to fold up its tents and go home...

[See: The website]

2. Judy Miller's boss vents about her problems...
Breaking: A Message from Bill Keller

3. Here we go again?...

Bush Calls for U.N. Action Against Syria

President Bush on Friday said the U.N. should deal quickly and seriously with a report implicating Syria in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, a killing that led to protests and withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon after nearly 30 years as overlord.

"The report strongly suggests that the politically motivated assassination could not have taken place without Syrian involvement," Bush said.

In Damascus, Syrian leaders dismissed the findings, and the government of President Bashar Assad prepared to fight growing Western sentiment to punish it with economic sanctions.

Imad Moustapha, Syrian ambassador to the United States, said the report was baseless and the Bush administration was motivated by Syria's opposition to the war in Iraq...