WaPo: one moment in time

Here's a shot at the links right now on the front page of WaPo, online version:

File the Bin Laden Phone Leak Under 'Urban Myths'

Senate Moves to Extend Patriot Act for 6 Months

PRELUDE TO DISASTER : The Making of DHS
Undermined From the Start
The Department of Homeland Security is a story of bureaucratic warfare and unfulfilled promises

Judge Questions Spy Program
Presiding judge that oversees government surveillance in espionage and terrorism cases will hold meeting to address domestic spying concerns.

Court Rejects Padilla's Transfer
Bush administration strongly rebuked in handling of the high-profile terrorism case.

Senate Blocks Bid to Allow Arctic Oil Drilling

Boosting Democracy, Inadvertently
Jim Hoagland -- Except for Iraq's elections and its constitutional referendum, this has been a lost year for Bush. The president flailed, stumbled or simply disappeared when the going got tough at home.

Unanswer Man
Scott McClellan Is the President's Spokesman, Which Doesn't Leave Him Much to Say

2:20AM Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, not a great moment in time for the Bushlings.