My lawyer, Kirk Tousaw, and I have been preparing for a Nov. 3 appearance in Federal Canadian court regarding our religious challenge for a cannabis exemption. Below are documents prepared from Professors, two of whom are slated to appear as expert witnesses in the case:

I want to thank everyone who has been sending me mail and books while I'm here at North Fraser Pretrial. Unfortunately, I'm still not getting a lot of my mail due to inappropriate content, missing return addresses, and other silly things like included illegal Post-It notes or staples.

Digby has a disturbing post on how several DEA helicopter pilots have apparently been pressured into service in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's brother has been on the payroll of the CIA for years, even though he is suspected of being a major figure in the illicit opium trade.