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Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a "credible" way, the kingdom's former ambassador said in a documentary aired Thursday.

Speaking to the Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya on Thursday, Bandar -- now Abdullah's national security adviser -- said Saudi intelligence was "actively following" most of the September 11, 2001, plotters "with precision."

They were certainly active. Whether they were "following" or "leading" is to me still an open question.

as for last night...

I'm not really going to say anything much, other than that DC United managed (IMO) to again choke when something was riding on *one* game. They can play well week in and week out, but when the pressure ramps up, they fold.

At the beginning, they were playing well, but then they just lost the rhythm, and two rapid goals for the Fire put their fire completely out. For over half an hour, they were just going through the motions. Right at the end, they finally got going again, but it was too little, too late. If they'd played like that for over an hour, they could have won, and they would have deserved to. As it was, they didn't, and so they didn't...

in other news...

soccer_fox and I are not refereeing this weekend, as there were not enough slots for all the officials wanting games! Good for CCSL, and it gives us some free time. ( Read more... )