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Alex Jones' Greatest Hits on Google Trends

(Oct. 6) -- When it comes to whipping the Internet into a frenzy of anxiety, nobody does the job better than radio talk show host Alex Jones. Jones' strategy is fairly straightforward. Writers at his conspiracy website Prison Planet prepare an article on a controversial topic. Then Jones takes to the airwaves and directs...

US Security Efforts Falling Short of 9/11 To-Do List

WASHINGTON (May 21) -- The downfall of retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who resigned Friday as director of national intelligence, came as yet another reminder that the best-laid plans for securing the nation against terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks haven't all worked out. The 9/11 Commission, whose findings were...

Hamilton Amplifies Chorus of Criticism From 9/11 Panel

WASHINGTON (Jan. 7) -- The vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission charged that "complacency set in" after the 2001 terrorist attacks and blamed "human failure" for not preventing the Christmas Day bomb plot to blow up an American airliner over Detroit. While there has been some progress, former Democratic congressman Lee...

Failure to Connect Dots Recalls 9/11 Shortfalls

WASHINGTON (Dec. 31) -- The headlines were sickeningly familiar. "Spy Agencies Failed to Collate Clues on Terror," concluded The New York Times. "U.S. Intel Lapses Helped Abdulmutallab," CBS News reported on the Nigerian suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. "What the CIA Did and Didn't Know About Alleged Underpants...