Weekend update: More research links from the week

This week I managed to find things in most categories, despite being almost too busy to browse the sites. Lots of good stuff though.

The links:

Reference:

The Oliver North File, now at the National Security Archives. Does anyone remember Iran-Contra any more?

bin Laden's Speeches, 2003-6 from MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Studies Project archives.

Escherichia Coli, guidelines from the CDC.

Reports:

Recent Research on Medical Marijuana, from NORML.

Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems, from the ABA. Recently added: Florida.

United States Army Military Readiness, report by reps. Murtha and Obey.

Iran Nuclear Program: U.S. Options, another bibliography from the Air University library.

Statistics:

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, 2006, latest release from BEA.

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics - 2006, chapters available in PDF.

Crime in the U.S., 2005, FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report.

Water Data for the Nation, from USGS.

Governments, Politics:

Legistorm has a searchable/browsable database of Congressional staff salaries.

People:

Registry of the American Soldier, project from Defense Dept to get Army records online, voluntary registration.

400 Richest Americans, from Forbes, latest list.

Business:

Fortune 500 2006

Tools:

Six Tips to protect your online search privacy, from EFF.

Some interesting stories/blogs:

Standinaqueue,a blog devoted to the great British pasttime.