] In response to the editorial concerns about his independence,
] Mr. Kissinger said, "I think The New York Times will
] apologize for this editorial when our report is submitted."
]
] He promised that the report would be "nonpartisan, thorough
] and something that will permit the American people, when
] it is finished, to say that a full accounting has been given
] of the facts and circumstances that led to this tragedy."

Kissigner is upset with NYT over their editorial. It takes some guts to directly address such criticism. Most of these sort of people simply ignore it.

RE: Kissinger Returning to Political Stage With 9/11 Post

...sort of. People who want to believe in a conspiracy will do so regardless. And of course, I can't trust this guys reporting any better then anyone else's. However, it seems reasonably sober.

I meme this for one reason alone. I concur with the author that I want to know what the deal was with insider trading on the 911 event. No one has ever explained what the story was there. It just faded away. Its worth recalling every once in a while that there are loose ends that people are being awefully quiet about. I can't even think of a good set of circumstances that would lead them to simply trapping up about that.

As for the flight, I think its possible that they shot it down. We know that this was AUTHORIZED so if we are going to have a problem with it, we ought to. I don't. Furthermore, put yourself in their shoes, trying to figure out how to explain this, and imagine that hero story poping up. Yeah, I'd keep my mouth shut too. It doesn't matter except as a matter of policy, and if the policy issue should be debated, then we have standing to do so, because they were authorized to shoot it down. I don't disagree with the policy decision. Do you?

911 Conspiracy theories debunked...

Ashcroft cited specific intelligence on specific attacks on U.S. interests..."

U.S. Raises Terror Alert Level (washingtonpost.com)

The license plates can be ordered at www.dmvnow.com ...

Don't forget, the more people buy these license plates, the less likely it will be that terrorism will occur.

Show Your Solidarity With a 'Fight Terrorism' License Plate [JPG]

"The warnings were serious, the information specific and some of it had to do with the use of airplanes to kill the president and foreign leaders."

Be sure to follow the "Listen to Mike Shuster's report" link to hear the audio track for this story. It's the best study I've seen thus far into how close we actually came to having specific advance knowledge of September 11.

NPR : Terrorism Intelligence Timeline

It's not surprising that many officials in Washington are talking about convening an independent panel to investigate the federal government's actions before the Sept. 11 attacks. ... Congressional investigations can calm public anxiety, push reforms upon government agencies and in some cases force out ineffective officials. What they are unlikely to do is give us the kind of understanding that normally comes only decades later from history, when we will have full access to information and the distance to judge it properly.

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss explains it all.

Fact-Finding and Its Limits

James Bamford, a visiting professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy at U.C. Berkeley, will give a public lecture on Monday, Feb. 11, 2002 at 6:30 p.m. at Sibley Auditorium in the Bechtel Center. His topic will be Intelligence Failures that Led to the September 11th Attacks. ... For more information, please call the Goldman School of Public Policy at 642-4670.

Those of you in the SF area may want to check this out ...

James Bamford on 9/11 'Intelligence Failures'

A friend of mine mentioned this tonight. Eric Rudolph has a million dollar price on his head and is hiding in the North Carolina Mountains. If we can't find this guy, how the fuck do we expect to find Bin Lauden?

On the other hand, got any creative ideas on tracking him down? Pretending to be a conservative christian for a couple years is probably worth this much money.... um, probably...

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive - Eric Robert Rudolph

The Anthrax letters... All your base...

FBI - Anthrax Letters - 10/23/01

The Taliban can still stop this conflict anytime they want....

Bush offers Taliban second chance