Reason Morning Links: Bulb Barons, Taliban Inflation, and a Blog Hoax

• Security checks aggravate boaters on the Hudson.
• The president prepares to visit crony capitalists in Durham.
• The FBI revises its rules to give its agents more latitude.
• The military has vastly exaggerated its success in capturing Taliban.
• The full Pentagon Papers are finally released—minus 11 words.
• Weinergate has reached the stage of the scandal where the celebrity announces he's getting "treatment."
• As real Syrians flee the country, blog sensation "A Gay Girl in Damascus" tells the world she's actually a married guy from Georgia. Next question: Which western bloggers are false identities created by Syrian lesbians? (Besides Harry Knowles, I mean.)

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