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Report Warned Of Suicide Hijackings WASHINGTON, May 17, 2002 Two years before the Sept. 11 attacks, an analysis prepared for U.S. intelligence warned that Osama bin Laden's terrorists could hijack an airliner and fly it into government buildings like the Pentagon. "Suicide bomber(s) belonging to al Qaeda's Martyrdom Battalion could crash-land an aircraft packed with high explosives (C-4 and semtex) into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or the White House," the September 1999 report said. The Bush administration has asserted that no one in government had envisioned a suicide hijacking before it happened. "Had I...

It's never been easy to get into medical school, but if you were a white male, applying to a University of California med school in the 1970's, it would never be more difficult. You see, these were the salad days of affirmative action, and if it was impossible for a white boy with a 3.5 GPA, high MCAT scores, and glowing letters of recommendation to gain admission, the floodgates were open for those of other demographics. I personally know of dozens of absurd cases whereby eminently qualified and motivated young men were denied admission, while minority students or white...