Report: CIA Was Negligent Prior to 9/11

A newly declassified report slams senior CIA officials for not taking threats seriously, not cooperating, and not following up on sensitive information indicating an al-qaida terrorist threat. This information confirms my own strong belief that the September 11, 2001 attacks could have been prevented by American intelligence agencies. I remembering being stunned to learn that President Bush and other top US officials received strong warnings in the summer of 2001. Former vice president Al Gore, in a October 2004 speech, also included a strong critique of the handling of pre-9/11 warnings.
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Update - March 2024: There were also intelligence warnings given to the US Government from several leading international intelligence agencies prior to the 9/11 terror attack....I remember reading online years ago a website page with a list of such warnings from international intelligence agencies of an impending terror attack being plotted by terrorists, but I can no longer find that website page or link, here are 3 active links of now of this information. As a college student, such information was of interest to me and now I feel it is an academic question and public policy question of historical interest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_intelligence_before_the_attacks https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0523/p11s01-coop.html https://www.americanprogress.org/article/think-again-remember-bushs-vacation/

Arctic Sea At Lowest Recorded Level Ever

The National Center Snow and Ice Data Center shows that Arctic Ice levels have dropped dramatically, surprising many observers. It is my opinion that this one of the many signs that global warming is showing up much more dramatically than scientists have anticipated. I don't expect us all to drown any time soon, but I believe the effects of global warming will continue be demonstrated strongly in the years to come. Most of the scientific community also believes that there will be increased heat waves, droughts, record high temp, flooding, airborne diseases, and water shortages among many other effects.
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Scientists Hope To Create Artificial Life in 10 years

A 21st century breakthrough in bioengineering will be the creation of artificial cells, according to scientists. The creation will perhaps allow new ways to fight diseases, deal with climate change, and ultimately find out more about the creation of life in the universie. These are not all the functions it could have. Scientsits at Harvard Medical School plan in the next year to create the first articial cell membrames. This would be an important step to eventually create whole DNA structures from scratch.
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U.N. Report: 2007 was Record Year for Weather Extremes

Global warming is a serious issue, and I have considered it one for years now, and the latest U.N. report states that 2007 was likely the warmest year on record and the record floods, notably the England flood of the summer, are merely a sign of more devastation to come. I agree with these conclusions.
I feel the time to act is now, and the United States must take the lead of all industrialized countries and enact immediate greenhouse gase emissions caps and research heavily in renewable energy and new forms of energy. So far, not enough action has been taken. And the latest President George W. Bush summit on climate change a few months back only committed to reducing greenhouse gase emissions in more than a decade. I feel global warming is a man-induced problem that should be stopped now before it gets out of control, and the solution will require innovation and dedication. There is according to some estimates by top scientists, less than a decade remaining to enact changes.
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