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ok, before you get too involved in anything, go check this out.
According to the intelligence official, who spoke to me on condition of anonymity, release of the report, which represents an exhaustive 17-month investigation by an 11-member team within the agency, has been "stalled." First by acting CIA Director John McLaughlin and now by Porter J. Goss, the former Republican House member (and chairman of the Intelligence Committee) who recently was appointed CIA chief by President Bush.
The official stressed that the report was more blunt and more specific than the earlier bipartisan reports produced by the Bush-appointed Sept. 11 commission and Congress.
"What all the other reports on 9/11 did not do is point the finger at individuals, and give the how and what of their responsibility. This report does that," said the intelligence official. "The report found very senior-level officials responsible."
i wonder how pissed richard nixon would be, were he alive today, to see what those he hath spawned have been able to get away with without being held accountable in the least.
also on alternet - a nice wrapup of the sinclair story to date.
might wanna keep your eyes cast skyward if you venture out in the near future, lest you be hit on the head by a piece of falling sinclair stock.
UPDATE:
BREAKING SINCLAIR NEWS at talking points memo!
i was just on the phone with my incredibly smart daughter, who asked me, "dad...did you know that they knew osama bin laden was a threat in 1987?" without getting it right away, i said, 'well, osama bin laden was receiving american support back in the eighties because he was part of the resistance in afghanistan fighting against the soviets, who invaded there in 1979..." etc, etc (friggin' history buffs make for long winded answers to short questions). well, she mentioned "this oliver guy" and al gore...and it took me a minute or two, but i finally realized what she was talking about (for those with short memories, go here and here for a quick refresher).
apparently, it's being taught in her civics class in reading high school as fact.
so i printed those two pages out for her to take to class tomorrow - she's a little worked up, after having heard that she's been railroaded by her civics teacher...but she's been butting heads with him on an ideological level ever since class started.
i'm not going to say anything about this to the school...yet. i don't want to create the obvious situation that ratting him out would create...at least not until after the semester when she won't have the class anymore.
at that point, all bets are off.
ok, before you get too involved in anything, go check this out.
According to the intelligence official, who spoke to me on condition of anonymity, release of the report, which represents an exhaustive 17-month investigation by an 11-member team within the agency, has been "stalled." First by acting CIA Director John McLaughlin and now by Porter J. Goss, the former Republican House member (and chairman of the Intelligence Committee) who recently was appointed CIA chief by President Bush.
The official stressed that the report was more blunt and more specific than the earlier bipartisan reports produced by the Bush-appointed Sept. 11 commission and Congress.
"What all the other reports on 9/11 did not do is point the finger at individuals, and give the how and what of their responsibility. This report does that," said the intelligence official. "The report found very senior-level officials responsible."
i wonder how pissed richard nixon would be, were he alive today, to see what those he hath spawned have been able to get away with without being held accountable in the least.
also on alternet - a nice wrapup of the sinclair story to date.
might wanna keep your eyes cast skyward if you venture out in the near future, lest you be hit on the head by a piece of falling sinclair stock.
UPDATE:
BREAKING SINCLAIR NEWS at talking points memo!
i was just on the phone with my incredibly smart daughter, who asked me, "dad...did you know that they knew osama bin laden was a threat in 1987?" without getting it right away, i said, 'well, osama bin laden was receiving american support back in the eighties because he was part of the resistance in afghanistan fighting against the soviets, who invaded there in 1979..." etc, etc (friggin' history buffs make for long winded answers to short questions). well, she mentioned "this oliver guy" and al gore...and it took me a minute or two, but i finally realized what she was talking about (for those with short memories, go here and here for a quick refresher).
apparently, it's being taught in her civics class in reading high school as fact.
so i printed those two pages out for her to take to class tomorrow - she's a little worked up, after having heard that she's been railroaded by her civics teacher...but she's been butting heads with him on an ideological level ever since class started.
i'm not going to say anything about this to the school...yet. i don't want to create the obvious situation that ratting him out would create...at least not until after the semester when she won't have the class anymore.
at that point, all bets are off.
posted by tom at 17:54
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