(2007-08-22) — A recently released two-year old analysis shows that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) under George Tenet lacked an overall strategy for fighting al Qaeda, and missed key opportunities to thwart the 9/11 terror plot.
As America approaches the sixth anniversary of the attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people, this latest report shows the […]
Entries from August 2007
CIA: U.S. Nearly Out of Americans to Blame for 9/11
by Scott Ott · 57 Comments
Tags: Global News · U.S. News
With Bloomberg Out, Candidates Vie to Woo His Supporter
by Scott Ott · 30 Comments
(2007-08-21) — With New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg today definitively rejecting a 2008 White House bid, Republican and Democrat presidential hopefuls alike scrambled to woo the unnamed Bloomberg supporter.
Speculation among political pundits had run rampant in recent days as the trans-party politician made public remarks positioning himself first in the middle of the road and […]
Tags: Politics
‘24′ Inks Comic Garofalo, Still in Talks with Michael Moore
by Scott Ott · 25 Comments
(2007-08-21) — Self-described “right-wing nut job” Joel Surnow announced today that leftist comic and former Air America host, Janeane Garofalo, would have a role in the upcoming season of the Fox action drama ‘24′.
Mr. Surnow, the show’s executive producer, said negotiations continue to sign Oscar-winning documentarist Michael Moore as a “terror-fighting buddy” for the […]
Tags: Culture · Media/Journalism · Politics
Sen. Levin Gathers Coalition for Iraq Regime Change
by Scott Ott · 18 Comments
(2007-08-21) — The Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Carl Levin, said today that the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is “non-functional” and should be ousted within days.
Although Sen. Levin stopped short of calling for a unilateral invasion by Senate Democrats to overthrow the Maliki government, he said his party […]
Tags: Global News · U.S. News
Hillary: “Even I Don’t Like Me, But I Like Winning”
by Scott Ott · 55 Comments
(2007-08-19) — Sen. Hillary Clinton. D-NY, today acknowledged that many people don’t like her, but she said nobody’s negative opinion can stymie her race to the White House, even if that opinion comes from the candidate herself.
“Even I don’t like Hillary Clinton most of the time,” said Sen. Clinton, “But I do like winning, and […]
Iran Punch Threat Raises Fear of Nuclear Knuckles
by Scott Ott · 37 Comments
(2007-08-18) — Following remarks by a leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that the U.S. faces a heavy “punch” from Iran, the Pentagon has gone on high alert to guard against the possibility that Iran may be ready to deploy so-called “nuclear knuckles.”
“It all adds up,” said one unnamed Pentagon source, “first the clandestine plutonium enrichment […]
Tags: Global News · U.S. News
Bush Hires CNN Reporters to Pen Credible Iraq Report
by Scott Ott · 39 Comments
(2007-08-17) — With a new CNN poll showing that 53 percent of Americans plan to reject the upcoming Iraq progress report by the top U.S. military commander and the U.S. ambassador there, President George Bush today announced he had contracted with several CNN reporters and anchors to write the final version of the report “in […]
Tags: Media/Journalism · U.S. News
US May Label Iran Guards ‘Terrorist’, Earth ‘Round’
by Scott Ott · 58 Comments
(2007-08-15) — Officials in the U.S. State Department are reportedly close to labeling Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a “terrorist” organization. At the same time, sources also indicate that the State Department may soon label the Earth “round”.
“The Earth has all the hallmarks of a round or spherical object,” said one unnamed official at State. “The […]
Tags: Global News · U.S. News
Gov. Thompson Quits, Beats ScrappleFace Prediction
by Scott Ott · 54 Comments
BREAKING…
(2007-08-13) — Gov. Tommy Thompson drops his presidential bid today, triumphantly declaring that he beat the ScrappleFace prediction of his campaign’s longevity by “more than a month.”
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Rove Quits White House to Run Hillary Campaign
by Scott Ott · 17 Comments
(2007-08-13) — Karl Rove, the chief adviser to George Bush since 1993, in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, said he would resign from the Bush administration effective August 31, to spend more time with family and to head up the presidential campaign of Democrat front runner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY.
Mr. Rove called […]