News Round-Up (100th Post Edition)

Boy howdy! A lot of stuff today.

Iraq/Afghanistan and Foreign Affairs: Senators on both sides of the aisle slam Bush admin as intelligence official offer bleak view of the future of the country. And Kofi Annan calls Iraq war "illegal." Meanwhile, the US military may run out of national guard and reserve troops for the war on terrorism because of existing limits on involuntary mobilizations, a congressional watchdog agency warned in a report. John Edwards promises there will be no military draft under a Kerry administration. A former Powell aide who is one of the nation's leading experts on China passed documents to Taiwanese intelligence agents and was charged yesterday with concealing a trip to Taiwan. Finally, there is yet another assassination attempt on Afghan president Karzai.

The Economy and Domestic Issues: In another sign of recovery, consumer prices and jobless claims jumped in August. And David Broder examines the price of labor's decline.

Politics: A review of Bush's guard service raises yet more questions as a judge orders the Pentagon to make public any unreleased documents. A Washington Post reporter's confidential source has revealed his or her identity to the special prosecutor conducting the CIA leak inquiry, a development that provides investigators with a fact they have been pursuing in the nearly year-long probe. And Kerry is the new comeback kid as Bush's lead vanishes.

UPDATED: GIs claim they are being threatened by Army to re-enlist. Kerry says Cheney profited from war. The CIA's efforts against terrorism are lagging. And most senior US military officers now believe the war in Iraq has turned into a disaster on an unprecedented scale.