Suicide bomber who attacked CIA post in Afghanistan was trusted informant from Jordan

By Joby Warrick and Peter Finn
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 5, 2010; A01

by: David Sirota, t r u t h o u t | Op, let's take a moment to look back at the Top Ten Quotations from the last ten years - the ones telling us some painful truths about our country, society and worldview; the ones that might inform us of what we need to do as we move forward:

10. "They frankly own the place." - Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) in 2009 admitting the taboo about banks' influence in Congress.

9. "Haven't we already given money to rich people.... Shouldn't we be giving money to the middle?" - President George W. Bush in November 2002, acknowledging to advisers that he knew his tax cuts were giveaways to the super-wealthy.

Bills promote national scout Nix to GM
By JOHN WAWROW, AP Sports Writer

Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy Nix answers a question during the news conference announcing his new position with the team at Bills headquarters in Orchard Park, N.Y., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Heupel)
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills national scout Buddy Nix has been promoted to general manager in team owner Ralph Wilson's first move to revamp his front office.

December 31, 2009
Spy Agencies Failed to Collate Clues on Terror
By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC LIPTON
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency four months ago intercepted conversations among leaders of Al Qaeda in Yemen discussing a plot to use a Nigerian man for a coming terrorist attack, but American spy agencies later failed to combine the intercepts with other information that might have disrupted last week’s attempted airline bombing.