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By Carl Prine on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 
What do the Amazing Kreskin and terrorists like Osama bin Laden have in common? A showman’s arcane understanding of the American crowd. Kreskin’s 2002 Las Vegas caper reexamined in the wake of bin Laden’s death.
Tags: Hitler, Las Vegas, Osama bin Laden, Power of Suggestion, Propaganda of the Deed, The Amazing Kreskin, UFOs
Posted in On Media, Quotables | 5 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Friday, May 20th, 2011 
In a complete cop out, I post a trifle but hope to tantalize your your tastebuds for meatier efforts next week. Hey, I work more than 100 hours every week! Give me a break!
Tags: Abu Iyad, Abu Musab al-Suri, Andrew Exum, Congo, Jason Whitely, Michael Totten, Nir Rosen, Osama bin Laden
Posted in On Media, Readings and Reviews | 9 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Monday, May 9th, 2011 
Obama speaks to the nation about bin Laden, Pakistan and terror. Some of it even was true.
Tags: 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, CIA, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, Pervez Musharraf, Steve Kroft
Posted in On History, On Media | 18 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 
The White House and Pentagon should just show the photos of a dead Osama bin Laden. You have a right to see them and they shouldn’t be allowed to hide them.
Tags: Barack Obama, CIA, death photos, DNA test, George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Saddam Hussein, SEALs, SOCOM
Posted in On Media, On War | 50 Comments »
By Carl Prine on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 
Think like a terrorist. Their best already know how you think.
Tags: bank robbery, BBC, Haqqani Network, Jalalabad, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism
Posted in On Media, On War | 13 Comments »
By Jamie McIntyre on Monday, December 21st, 2009 
Almost everyone agrees that allowing Osama bin Laden to escape Tora Bora in December of 2001, was one of the greatest military blunders in history. Except the belief that U.S. troops could have sealed off bin Laden’s escape route is by no means a safe bet.
Tags: Blunder, Conventional Wisdom, Osama bin Laden, Tora Bora
Posted in On History | 88 Comments »