Scary Poll Result of the Day

CBS News/New York Times Poll. Sept. 4-8, 2007 - Monday, September 10, 2007 11:35:15 AM

"Do you think Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?"
                  Yes   No Unsure    
                    %    %      %    
  ALL adults       33   58      9    
  Republicans      40   51      9    
  Democrats        27   63     10    
  Independents     32   60      8

OK, it's the minority, but in what way do 33% of Americans believe Saddam was personally involved in the Sep-11 attacks?

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Spy chief: FISA needed to fight terror - 10 Sep 2007 at 12:47pm - WASHINGTON -- Losing the country's ability to monitor Americans' conversations with people overseas would take away half of the tools the U.S. uses to fight terrorism, Director of National Intelligence J. Michael McConnell told senators Monday.

Pentagon plans base near Iraq-Iran border: report - 10 Sep 2007 at 1:04pm - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to try to curtail the flow of advanced Iranian weaponry to Shiite militants across Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday in its online edition.

Thought for the day:
If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking. -Lyndon B. Johnson (1908 - 1973)