The News Sieve

- The SEC puts a muzzle on Gary Aguirre, the former investigator allegedly fired for probing John Mack, the politically connected CEO of Morgan Stanley.

- Rob Norland, Newsweek’s former Baghdad bureau chief, claims that the U.S. military has been censoring reporters embedded in Iraq: “Before a journalist is allowed to go on an embed now, [the military] check[s] the work you have done previously. They want to know your slant on a story—they use the word slant—what you intend to write, and what you have written from embed trips before. If they don’t like what you have done before, they refuse to take you.” (Foreign Policy)

- Due to the high cost of the Iraq war, Army posts around the world are short $530 million in funds, leaving some “unable to pay utility bills or even cut the grass.” (Associated Press)

- People who don’t farm have received $1.3 billion in handouts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (The Washington Post)

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