Vice President Biden on Able Danger

I stopped covering political and 9/11 related issues some time ago. However, I came out of "retirement" this evening to post this clip on YouTube:



Here is the description I wrote on YouTube:

Given the recent attention the media has payed to Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, who blew the whistle on the fact that the Able Danger program identified several of the 9/11 hijackers prior to 9/11, I figured I would upload this clip from 11/2007 in which I asked then Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) as to his thoughts on the Able Danger program. ...Biden was on the Senate Judiciary Committee when it held a hearing on Able Danger on 9/21/2005. Later, in 2006, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded that "Able Danger did not identify Mohamed Atta or any other 9/11 hijacker at any time prior to September 11, 2001." Despite this, our current vice president thinks "there's more" to the story and even more recently, the Department of Defense allocated $47,000 of tax payer dollars to purchase and destroy 10,000 copies of Anthony Shaffer's book on the subject...odd.

New Tiny Tim Release Featuring Liner Notes by Yours Truly!

Folks, I have written liner notes for and contributed additional material a forthcoming Tiny Tim release from Secret Seven Records.

From the Secret Seven Records website:

Tiny Tim: Lost & Found 1963-1974 is a (vinyl only) collection of 15 obscurities, consisting of previously unreleased acetates, privately pressed 45's, and an early '60's studio session arranged by Milton Glaser. Much of the material on this release was thought to have been lost to time, but after many years of collecting and compiling by Tiny Tim enthusiasts, Secret Seven Records is making it available to a wider audience for the first time.

Lost & Found contains tracks from Tiny's pre-fame years, recorded between 1963 and 1966, as well as songs from his post-fame years, recorded between 1971 and 1974. The material from the 1960's represents the years in which Tiny scraped by, performing in dives in Greenwich Village and living with his parents who had, by 1963, written him off as mentally ill. The material from the early 1970's, although recorded while his mainstream career was in its decline, features some of the most intriguing, eclectic, and enjoyable material of his career. This limited edition VINYL LP (initial pressing of 500 copies) includes liner notes by Tiny Tim historian / biographer, Justin A. Martell and a cover photo by Baron Wolman. Secret Seven would like to thank Ernie Clark and Justin Martell for their invaluable assistance.

Side One: If I Had A Talking Picture of You / Sunshine / April Showers # 2 / Ballad Of Attica Prison (Whispering Voices) / Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me / Delilah / I Ain't Got No Money / Ten Little Fingers, Ten Little Toes / Maggie May

Side Two: Me And The Man On The Moon / Alice Blue Gown / Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound / Little Girl (In The Pines) / My True Love / Prisoner's Song / Old Front Porch / When You And I Were Young, Maggie

THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER HERE IN DECEMBER, 2010

This LP will be distributed by Revolver and Light In The Attic

Because of this and the exposure I received from Richard Barone's "I've Never Seen a Straight Banana," I am vowing that I will have a first draft of my Tiny Tim biography completed by January 1st, 2010.