The News Sieve

- What’s all the fuss? There have been plenty of public references to SWIFT and the bank surveillance program since 2001, including descriptions by White House officials, long before the NY Times and other papers “disclosed” it last week. (Boston Globe)

- One step forward, two steps back? To cover the cost of President Bush’s new border security initiative, the Department of Homeland Security might have to cut funding for some essential programs: first-responder grants, the Domestic Nuclear Office and an acceleration of the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater System program.

- Did disgraced defense contractor Mitchell Wade’s former company, MZM Inc., win contracts to help the Army counter the effect of improvised explosive devices? (POGO Blog)

- Companies have found a sure-fire way to win lucrative government contracts. Relocate to a legislator’s home district and give them plenty of campaign contributions. (via IRE’s Extra! Extra!)

- The one entertainment journalist who asks the tough questions.

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