Top Secret America

"The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."

The Washington Post has created stories, interactive maps, searchable databases, and more.

Nemo/Namor (link roundup)

I've posted many more Disney/Marvel mashups here.

And a few more links:

1. The Secret Service and other government agencies practice by responding to staged attacks in public - - bystanders don't realize they're seeing actors. Via.

2. I seem to be reading this claim more and more often - - the concept of peak oil, let alone the suggestion that anyone can say with confidence that we've passed the level, is nonsense. Via.

3. Lego Mecha Samurai. Via.

*Previously: Did a a psychic convince the Secret Service to alter the planned route for one of George Bush Senior's motorcades?

*Buy Samurai toys at eBay.