Morning Matters

• NY Times reports that Blackwater executives approved $1 million in bribes to buy support from Iraqi officials after the firm's employees killed 17 Iraqi civilians.
• American Medical Association urges the federal government to reclassify marijuana, allowing clinical trials on medical cannabis.
• In addition to bringing coerced new business to the health insurance companies, Obamacare also likely to net billions for the pharmaceutical industry. Thank god we’re ridding the health care industry of evil corporate profit mongering! Instead, the government is just going to give private corporations taxpayer money directly. Much better.
• Congress may tell ISPs to block access to illegal websites.