http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters…
Sat Nov 29, 2:01 AM
By Jon Hemming
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. general commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan has ordered a merger of the office that releases news with “Psy Ops,” which deals with propaganda, a move that goes against the alliance’s policy, three officials said.

Easy to expect something when you set it in motion:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk…
November 27, 2008
Western intelligence services have been expecting an al-Qaeda spectacular terrorist attack in this crucial period between the end of President George Bush’s administration and the succession of Barack Obama.

shakespearessister

This just in: Washington Times full of shit! Okay, you probably already knew that. According to a member of the Obama transition team, the president-elect has no plans to delay the repeal of DADT.
washingtonblade
A member of Barack Obama’s transition team is denying media reports that the president-elect has decided to delay efforts to [...]

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Nathan Hodge
Russia’s top investigator is claiming that the Georgians employed mercenaries during their August war — including female snipers from Ukraine and Latvia. Reuters reports:
Asked to list the nationalities of the foreign fighters it believes were involved, Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Prosecutor-General’s investigative committee said: “America, the Czech Republic, Chechnya, the Baltic States, [...]

1. Freedom’s Watch is shutting down…
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports today that Freedom’s Watch, the right-wing advocacy group founded by Ari Fleischer and funded by Sheldon Adelson, “is pretty much kaput.” Freedom’s Watch spokesman Ed Patru “confirmed that much of the staff was on its way out,” but refused to say if the group would [...]

1. AP Lifts Ban on U.S. Military Handout Photos…
The Associated Press on Friday lifted its suspension on the use of photos provided by the U.S. military after the Pentagon assured the news cooperative that it would avoid distributing altered images to the news media.

2. GM to return two leased jets amid criticism…
General Motors Corp will [...]

http://crooksandliars.com…
John Amato

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(h/t Heather)
Michelle Bachmann is a pretty wild person as we’ve seen, but after spewing venom at Barack Obama for a few minutes with Hannidate, she then lied to Alan Colmes and denied saying this on Hardball:

The outgoing Bush admin fears that a lot of dirt is going to come out when Obama is in the White House. I think they’re looking to get a jump on some of it now. Releasing what they can so it doesn’t look so damning when it gets aired:
Surprise Surprise: “Laptop of Death” a Possible [...]

http://www.americablog.com…
John Aravosis (DC)
It’s slap on the wrist time over at the Department of Homeland Security. You remember them? The people collecting massive databases on all of us, including information about our religion and sexual orientation. But they assure us that they’ll never misuse the information and violate our trust like the US military did when [...]

I’m sure this won’t keep the wingnuts from repeating the rumor. When you’ve got nothing else, make stuff up:
http://www.kitv.com…
Health Department Receives Multiple Requests For Copies
POSTED: 12:12 pm HST October 31, 2008
UPDATED: 1:26 pm HST November 1, 2008
HONOLULU — The state’s Department of Health director on Friday released a statement verifying the legitimacy of Sen. Barack [...]