>>I know there were a couple of threads here inspired by the original report, and I think at least one of them was triggered by the Drudge Report or a source that picked up this topic from Drudge originally<<
Can you link to those?
And in case you want to know on what Gore bases many of his statements:
And if you really want to get into it, wade through the comments here:
http://www.climateaudit.org/?p=2994
Judith Curry's at #6 is particularly useful.