Buried in anonymous comments to a blogger's post about his research regarding Sprint's release of GPS records to law enforcement are the law enforcement guidance manuals issued by yahoo, facebook, and myspace. The main text of the post also contains a link to comcast's manual. Each provides helpful hints for law enforcement regarding the specific ( Read more... )

I have been awful about posting, but figured I'd make up for it with this absolute gem from my mom's photo album, an undated photo of my mom's family (my mom is the long-haired one on the right):


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I'm curious to see how all of this (or nytimes article) plays out.

Despite the justifiable outrage from the Senate and the people of Illinois, Blagojevich is still the governor of Illinois, vested with the power to appoint Senators when a vacancy arises by the the 17th amendment to the US constitution and an Illinois statute. This analyis ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back in the USA and had a wonderful visit in NYC with some friends who I hadn't seen for too long. I was supposed to be back in Seattle yesterday, but my flight was late, so I got to spend a fun-filled night in an airport hotel in St. Louis (fabulous view of... the airport ( Read more... )

So I was raised in Louisville, Kentucky, most well known for the Kentucky Derby (for those of you who don't know, it's a horse race, run the first Saturday in May). I decided to try to throw a derby party here in Pakistan this year, but a variety of factors interfered with my plans ( Read more... )

Cross-posted to our travelblog, elephantkitty.
It's been over a year now since we settled into our life in the subcontinent - hard to believe that the time has passed so quickly. It was around this time last year that I was stumbling through the streets of Banares on crutches, struggling with Hindi script, and developing a bad, hacking cough from the pollution ( Read more... )

Today is Eid-ul-Adha, the Muslim celebration of Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son for god. In Pakistan, families that can afford it buy goats or cows in the days leading up to Eid and slaughter them after morning prayers. Each family keeps some of the meat, but much of it is distributed to the poor.

Here is our goat:


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I've been super busy here recently because I'm finishing my gig with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and starting a new position with the Law and Policy Department at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. I'll be working with Roger Normand, a law professor at LUMS, as the director of a new initiative called the Rule of Law Project ( Read more... )

Amber and I went to a student protest here this afternoon, attended by around 300 students from half a dozen universities. While the numbers may not seem significant for those of you in the USA, where protests are usually in the thousands, keep in mind that (a) we are under martial law and (b) there is zero history of political activity on campuses ( Read more... )