A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar

Louver, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of

Window Treatments, had a plan to suspend habeas corpus

and imprison some 12,000 Americans he suspected of using

Roman shutters and Venetian blinds.

The Washington Post reports that the government

of the United States will spend over $50 billion in 2007 for

spooks who work for the CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA, and BIR.

Happy Halloween, Everybody!

"Did you read the reports about FBI abuses of civil liberties?"

"I don't recall."

"Did you lie to Congress when you testified, 'There has not been one

verified case of civil liberties abuse by the FBI'?"

"I don't recall."

"When was the last time you remembered anything at all?"

"I don't recall."

The FBI has foiled a terrorist plot to shave off the polychromatic

beard of a friend of New York fashion designer Apollo Braun. Such

an attack, experts say, would have crippled America's economy,

particularly the hair coloring industry. In the wake of the thwarted

plot, a CNN online poll is already asking Americans, "Would the

destruction of such a colorful beard by terrorists have as much

emotional impact as 9/11?"

In a remarkable show of strength, President Bush lifted

143,000 National Security Letters with one arm. They have

been used to justify FBI spying on the American people.