From TIME's analysis of the awful events in Pakistan and their implications ... But there are some who think the Bush Administration is not without blame. Hussain Haqqani, a former top aide to Bhutto and now a professor at Boston University, thinks the U.S., which has counted Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as a key ally against terrorism since 9/11, bears some of the responsibility. "Washington will have to answer a lot of questions, especially the Administration," he says. "People like me have been making specific requests to American officials to intervene and ask for particular security arrangements be made for her, and they have been constantly just trusting the Musharraf Administration." U.S. officials said they were leery of intervening in another nation's internal affairs, and didn't want to give Bhutto Washington's imprimatur. ... The U.S. has few options in Pakistan. One thing is clear, says Peter Galbraith, senior fellow at…

Congress overrides Bush veto on water bill. But I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning the "Democratic-controlled" Congress, per the article below. The Dems need to come a long, long way back before they get credit for standing up to the president, or their campaign promises. The 79-14 vote included 34 Republicans who defied the president. Enactment was a foregone conclusion, but it still marked a milestone for a president who spent his first six years with a much friendlier Congress controlled by his Republican Party. Now he confronts a more hostile, Democratic-controlled legislature, and Thursday's vote showed that most of the Republicans will defy him on spending matters dear to their political careers.

I'll say this about the terrifying meltdown in Pakistan: It's nice to see an oppressive junta be comparatively forthright about its unconstitutional oppressiveness. If this were happening here (and I'm not saying it's not), the wholesale arrests of lawyers and activists would be called "The Advocate Outreach Initiative" and the indefinite delay of elections would be called "Project Safe Voter Voice." From the BBC: [Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz] said parliament might change the date of elections planned for January, and gave no end date for the emergency. Rights have been suspended, media has been restricted and hundreds of people arrested under the emergency decree. Mr Aziz said 400 to 500 "preventative arrests" had been made so far, and said the emergency, imposed by Gen Musharraf on Saturday, would last for "as long as is necessary". Gen Musharraf says he declared the emergency to stop Pakistan "committing suicide", because the…