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It's truly a shame that the panelists on the 9-11 commission were such self-important windbags -- their 41 recommendations, they never fail to remind, were (all bow) "unanimous and bipartisan" -- that they blew their chance to make this country safer. Don't' get me wrong. Washington has been unconscionably slow in doing the practical things needed -- such as providing a radio spectrum for emergency first-responders -- to make America more secure. The panel also was right to criticize the Senate for larding a homeland security spending bill with pork. That said, the panel's hodgepodge recommendations -- the radio spectrum...

"You What????!!!!" A rational mind would ask. "You lost Top Secret documents! WTF?!? No, excuse me, WTF'ing F??" Then it dawns on the rational mind. The man being interogated worked for the Clintons. Those folks "lose", "misplace", and then "miraculously find" classified information all the time. They have their own filing system. It works as follows. Class I documents are labelled "Bad For Polling Numbers." The disposition of this sensitive material is such that it is for the eyes of Spin Doctors and attorneys only and should not be leaked to press. Class II materials are labelled "Civil/Criminal Liability Possible"....