First, a little politics. Nancy Pelosi calls for the declassification of her memo to the administration regarding secret surveillance of American citizens. Ann Harrison has an exhaustive first-person account on the recent medical marijuana dispensary raids. Executive Editor Chris Lopez softens the "Wiretap Scandal" headline at the Contra Costa Times. And Dan Gillmore is going non-profit and creating a Center for Citizen Journalism along with Cal Berkeley and Harvard, causing some to ask whither......

Who knew beer and keyboards don't mix? Making her case for membership, Beth Spotswood tells the world that Chandler Bing was sh*tfaced at Otis. With scoops like that, we'll see what we can do to get you in. Speaking of scoops, the Gavster was totally right -- Tucker, Chan and Ratner to make Rush Hour III. And thanks to all the hard work covering the Federline-Spears romance from K-Fed's hometown in the 'No, Jarah......

We've got a crapload to cover. We'll try to keep it short... Just when the media coverage is focused on the election, Om Malik says San Francisco is moving ahead with citywide wifi. Meanwhile, down on the peninsula, Yahoo fires a battery of snark over Google's bow, while Eric Schmidt's colleague compares him to Darth Vader. Niall Kennedy lists his favorite podcasts, including tech, media and music offerings. And an enterprising Oaklander is driving......

Let's get the tech out of the way first: John Hoar finds an article discussing the potential legal liabilities of Tech Connect. Could Susan Mernit and Chris Lopez be talking about the same thing -- namely, a Knight Ridder-Google merger? And if you needed any more evidence that Apple is selling sex more than tech, see what you come up with analyzing Jessie Johnson's dream. Kevin Cheng can finally talk about his latest project......

Who says stoners aren't productive and ambitious? At one point yesterday there were three posts in a row about the medical marihoonie: A jailed dispensary owner writes from a Fresno jail where three fellow advocates are also locked up, Charles "Eddy" Lepp stands trial this morning and faces four life sentences for growing cannibis and Mountain View looks to be the first town in Santa Clara county with a dispensary ordinance on the books.......

Chris Lopez over at the Contra Costa Times pointed out that NASA Astronaut Stephen Robinson is from nearby Moraga, and is currently on the Discovery waiting for the weather to clear so that they can land the ship. As a Mission Specialist, it was his job to make any repairs to the ship in space before attempting reentry. But he also has a side gig: Space DJ. That's right, Stephen was an early morning......

No, not that Deep Throat. Or the documentary. Via Chris Lopez, we've learned that Vanity Fair is reporting W. Mark Felt, former FBI second-in-command, revealed himself to be the famous anonymous source for Woodward and Bernstein in a recent interview. Felt was initially adamant about remaining silent on the subject, thinking disclosures about his past somehow dishonorable. "I don't think (being Deep Throat) was anything to be proud of," Felt indicated to his son,......

Warren Beatty gave the commencement speech to the University of California class of 2005, wearing academic robes and going after Governor Schwarzenegger in what may be an opening salvo in Beatty's rumored campaign. Current front runners in the race for the Democratic nomination include State Treasurer Phil Angelides and fellow Hollywood millionaire Rob Reiner, after Attorney General Bill Lockyer threw in the towel. Schwarzenegger has seen his approval ratings drop to around 50% after......

No, not really. But seriously, some biblical type stuff seems to be happening in California. First, it was a load of shrimp -- that's right, shrimp -- that made landfall in a suburb of San Diego at the end of last month. SFist would like to think this has to be one of the tastier signs of the coming apocalypse (okay, really, it was probably a wind spout that picked them up from the......