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Following up on Spencer’s post, I must point out the absurdity of the opening of John Yoo’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal.
It was instantly clear after Sept. 11, 2001, that our security agencies knew little about al Qaeda’s inner workings, could not detect its operatives’ entry into the country, nor predict where it might [...]

Ken Timmerman of NewsMax asks the panel what Al Qaeda would look like if the surge in Iraq never happened “and Al Qaeda was allowed to take over Iraq” — which would be news to the 60 percent of Iraq that’s Shiite and never ever would have permitted such a thing.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Today Sen. Barack Obama is in Manhattan to commemorate the 9/11 attacks.  “We will never forget those who died,” he said in a solemn statement, stressing a commitment to “honor the memory of the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.”
It is also a day to celebrate a common purpose, said Obama, [...]