Spoiler Warning: USA vs. Ghana comentary

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Thursday June 22, 2006 · 12:53 PM PDT

2006/06/22 · 12:53

ESPN Classic will be replaying the game at 5pm. Much more in the extended... Read More

Cable News Ignores Gore Speech

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Monday January 16, 2006 · 11:39 AM PST

2006/01/16 · 11:39

Al Gore, Jan. 16, 2005:

As Dr. King once said, 'Perhaps a new spirit is rising among us. If it is, let us trace its movements and pray that our own inner being may be sensitive to its guidance, for we are deeply in need of a new way beyond the darkness that seems so close around us.'

As has been diaried numerous times, Al Gore delivered an extremely powerful speech in front of a bi-partisan crowd at DAR Hall in Washington DC. While it was hyped on the internet and prominently covered by C-SPAN, it was basically ignored by the major Cable News stations and their websites, including CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News.

I believe it is important that we respond by sending letters to these stations to let them know that they missed an important speech that the American people need to hear. Below the fold, I provide links and a sample letter that I sent to CNN.com--please join me! Read More

Bin Laden Phone Leak an 'Urban Myth'

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Wednesday December 21, 2005 · 10:40 PM PST

2005/12/21 · 22:40

During his press conference on Monday, President Bush attempted to quash discussion of American methods and tactics in signal intelligence claiming, "We're at war, and we must protect America's secrets." Bush declared that public knowledge of his executive order to intercept the communications of Americans in the United States without court approval was a "shameful act" that had undermined American security.

To strengthen his allegation, Bush claimed that the Washington Times published a leak in 1998 about Osama bin Laden's use of a satellite phone, alerting the al Qaeda leader to government monitoring and prompting him to abandon the device.

The Washington Post is reporting in its Thursday edition that the claim is nothing more than an urban myth that was first reported by a best-selling book, validated by the Sept. 11 commission and then repeated by the president.

Newsweek: Abu Azzam not No. 2 to Zarqawi

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Wednesday September 28, 2005 · 5:25 PM PDT

2005/09/28 · 17:25

Michael Isakoff and Mark Hosenball are reporting in their Terror Watch column in Newsweek that there is skepticism in the intelligence community about the claim that Abu Azzam was the No. 2 figure in the Iraqi insurgency.

"This guy was a brutal killer," Bush told reporters in remarks that were also carried live on cable TV. "He was one of [Abu Mussab al-]Zarqawi's top lieutenants. He was reported to be the top operational commander of Al Qaeda in Baghdad."

Bush's comments came one day after Gen. Richard Myers, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. military considered Abu Azzam the "No. 2 Al Qaeda operative in Iraq, next to Zarqawi."

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