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Slate's Democratic Debate Drinking Game Get drunk on political discourse! By June Thomas Posted Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2003, at 10:08 AM PT This Thursday evening, the nine remaining candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination will meet in Phoenix for the fourth debate of the year. If these events have started to blend together, why not grab a bottle or two of your favorite tipple and bring on the blurriness by playing Slate's debate drinking game. Cheers! Take one drink if: A candidate mentions an ordinary American by name A candidate mentions Bill Clinton A candidate mentions John Ashcroft A candidate...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Warnings of an imminent terrorist strike "lit up" in the weeks before September 11, CIA (news - web sites) director George Tenet said as the official inquiry into the attacks highlighted confusion and missed opportunities to kill Osama bin Laden (news - web sites). Tenet took centre stage on the second day of public hearings by the inquiry commission that has criticised the administrations of President George W. Bush (news - web sites) and his predecessor Bill Clinton (news - web sites) over their count-terrorism strategy before the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington that left...