h4But the bioterrorists will strike by 2013! Aiee!/h4 pA US congressional investigation into terrorists and WMDs has concluded that there will be a WMD attack within five years unless prompt international action is taken. The report also effectively says that the only kinds of WMD worth worrying about are atomic bombs and biological weapons..../pa href="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" target="_blank"img src="http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/ad/reg.rss.4159/main;sz=336x280;ord=1234567891?" border="0" alt=""/a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of the major U.S. auto companies prepared on Wednesday for make-or-break congressional hearings on their request for $34 billion in government bailout loans, while lawmakers considered options including one or more of the Detroit Three going bankrupt.div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=cFLucb8F"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/reuters/topNews?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=PRd9xDQJ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=PRd9xDQJ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/topNews?a=edyFmCOQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/reuters/topNews?i=edyFmCOQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~4/tmU_bZGkR-s" height="1" width="1"/

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/37781?ns=guardianpageName=World+news%3A+Terrorists+could+mount+nuclear+or+biological+attack+within+5+years%2C+warns+Congress+inquirych=World+newsc3=The+Guardianc4=Terrorism+-+international%2CAl-Qaida+%28News%29%2CUS+news%2CPakistan+%28News%29%2CNuclear+issues+%28non-military%29%2CUS+Congress%2CWorld+newsc5=Not+commercially+useful%2CUS+Electionsc6=Ewen+MacAskillc7=2008_12_04c8=1128370c9=articlec10=GUc11=World+newsc12=Global+terrorismc13=c14=h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FGlobal+terrorism" width="1" height="1" //divpAn investigation by the US Congress into weapons of mass destruction published yesterday made a chilling prediction of terrorists mounting an attack using biological or nuclear weapons within the next five years./ppThe six-month inquiry mentioned Pakistan as one of the likeliest sources of such an attack. The target could be the US or some other part of the world./ppThe report, by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, said "unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013". /pp"Terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain and use a biological weapon than a nuclear weapon," it said. /ppGeorge Bush said the report highlighted the greatest threat facing the US and was "dangerously real". He said that after the 9/11 attacks he had put in place policies tackling the threat and he was leaving a good foundation for his successor./ppBarack Obama's incoming administration, which is to prioritise tackling the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, was briefed on Capitol Hill yesterday about the findings in the 132-page report./ppThe commission, led by former Democratic senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent, was given six months to complete the report. It followed on from the work of the commission that investigated the 9/11 attacks./ppGraham told reporters that a biological or nuclear attack within the next five years was not inevitable and the commission's reports included a series of recommendations which, if implemented, could diminish the threat. The recommendations included the creation of a White House post focusing on proliferation and more emphasis on diplomatic efforts. /ppThe team's remit ranged from lack of security at biological labs in the US to the safety of nuclear stockpiles in Russia. It conducted 250 interviews with scientists, analysts, intelligence agencies and the military./ppThe report concluded that the risk from biological or nuclear weapons was higher than sceptical foreign policy and defence analysts have so far suggested. Those analysts had pointed to the complexity of transporting such weapons and the limitations of a nuclear "dirty" bomb, whose radius of damage is minimal compared with missile-delivered warheads./ppThe report disagreed, saying: "No mission could be timelier. The simple reality is that the risks that confront us today are evolving faster than our multi-layered responses./pp"Many thousands of dedicated people across all agencies of our government are working hard to protect this country, and their efforts have had a positive impact. But the terrorists have been active, too - and in our judgment America's margin of safety is shrinking, not growing." /ppIt added that much dangerous biological and nuclear material around the globe was "poorly secured - and thus vulnerable to theft by those who would put these materials to harmful use, or would sell them on the black market to potential terrorists". /ppAs well as the threat from stateless militant groups, the commission expressed concern about the danger posed by proliferation of nuclear weapons in countries such as Iran, saying the Obama administration must stop Tehran acquiring a nuclear weapons capability./ppIt pointed to Pakistan, both at state level and among stateless groups, as one of the areas of most concern. "Were one to map terrorism and weapons of mass destruction today, all roads would intersect in Pakistan," the report said./ppTalent told journalists: "It is the epicentre of a lot of these dangers." He said the report had been drawn up before the Mumbai attacks. The commission recommended that Pakistan be top priority for the Obama administration in terms of terrorism and proliferation. /ppProposals include eliminating terrorist safe havens through military, economic, and diplomatic means, securing nuclear and biological materials in Pakistan, countering and defeating extremist ideology, and constraining a nascent nuclear arms race in Asia. /ppOther recommendations include strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and other international safeguards, creating a US national security force appropriate to the 21st century and developing a more coherent strategy for countering ideologies that lead to terrorism./ppAt home, the commission was disturbed by the apparent lack of security at laboratories dealing with dangerous biological materials./ppGovernment investigators sent to check on the vulnerability of such research sites were able gain access to the outside of these buildings and then observe work inside. /ppIt was fortunate that they were from the government and not al-Qaida as these were precisely the lethal trove that the terrorists have been seeking for years, the report said. /ppThe investigators watched a pedestrian simply stroll into one of the buildings through an unguarded loading bay./ppThe commission recommended tighter oversight of the 400 research facilities and 15,000 staff engaged in such work./ppAnother recommendation was for the establishment of an anthrax preparedness strategy./ph2Findings/h2pstrongThe congressional inquiry:/strong/pp· Predicts there is likely to be an attack on American soil or elsewhere in the world in the next five years by a terrorist group using biological or nuclear weapons/pp· Concludes the margin of safety for the US, in spite of the growth of counter-terrorist efforts, is shrinking, not growing/pp· Singles out Pakistan as one of the main sources of danger, saying all roads involving terrorism and weapons of mass destruction intersect the country/pp· Expresses concern at the lack of security at laboratories in America handling some of the most deadly biological material in the world and called for increased oversight of the 400 research facilities in the US engaged in such work/pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/terrorism"Global terrorism/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/alqaida"Al-Qaida/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/usa"United States/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/pakistan"Pakistan/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/nuclear"Nuclear issues/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/congress"US Congress/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/_hgaMCvUxXykVuKhrufRgvrhcY4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/_hgaMCvUxXykVuKhrufRgvrhcY4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pFor years, doctors didnt bother to reveal profitable ties to drug and device makers: either no one questioned them or the relationships were hush-hush. But now that those financial arrangements are the subject of a congressional investigation and debate among medical journal editors and patients, some physicians are voluntarily cutting their pharma ties, and one of the countryrsquo;s top medical centers has vowed to come clean by disclosing the names of their docs doctors on drug company payrolls. The goal: to avoid charges of masking potential conflicts of interest. a href=http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=cleveland-clinic-to-reveal-docs-wit-2008-12-03[More]/a

All options were on the table as the automakers' proposals and an urgent appeal for $34 billion in aid were scrutinized ahead of congressional hearings.

divimg alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/18937?ns=guardianpageName=World+news%3A+US+report+predicts+nuclear+or+biological+attack+by+2013ch=World+newsc3=guardian.co.ukc4=Terrorism+-+international%2CAl-Qaida+%28News%29%2CObama+White+House+%28News%29%2CUS+news%2CPakistan+%28News%29%2CWorld+newsc5=Not+commercially+useful%2CUS+Electionsc6=Ewen+MacAskillc7=2008_12_03c8=1128278c9=articlec10=GUc11=World+newsc12=Global+terrorismc13=c14=h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FGlobal+terrorism" width="1" height="1" //divpA congressional investigation into weapons of mass destruction today offered a chilling prediction of terrorists mounting an attack using biological or nuclear weapons within the next five years./ppThe six-month inquiry singles out Pakistan as one of the likeliest sources of such an attack. The target could be the US or some other part of the world./ppThe report, by the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, concludes that "unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013"./ppIt adds that "terrorists are more likely to be able to obtain and use a biological weapon than a nuclear weapon"./ppPresident George Bush welcomed the report, saying the threat posed was the greatest facing the US and was "dangerously real". He said that after the 9/11 attacks, he had put in place policies tackling the threat and he was leaving a good foundation for his successor./ppThe incoming Barack Obama administration, which is to make proliferation of weapons of mass destruction a priority, was briefed on Capitol Hill today about the findings in the 132-page report./ppThe commission, which was led by the former Democratic senator Bob Graham and by former Democratic senator Jim Talent, was given six months to complete the report. It follows on from the work of the commission that investigated the 9/11 attack./ppGraham told reporters at the press conference that a biological or nuclear attack within the next five years was not inevitable and the commission's reports included a series of recommendations, that if implemented, could diminish the threat. Recommendations include creation of a White House post focusing on proliferation and more emphasis on diplomatic efforts./ppThe team's remit ranged from lack of security at biological labs in the US to the safety of nuclear stockpiles in Russia. It conducted 250 interviews with scientists, analysts, intelligence agencies and the military./ppThe report concludes the risk from biological or nuclear weapons is higher than sceptical foreign policy and defence analysts have suggested. Those analysts had pointed to the complexity of transporting biological or nuclear weapons and the limitations of a nuclear "dirty" bomb, whose radius of damage is minimal compared with missile-delivered warheads./ppThe report disagrees, saying: "No mission could be timelier. The simple reality is that the risks that confront us today are evolving faster than our multilayered responses. Many thousands of dedicated people across all agencies of our government are working hard to protect this country, and their efforts have had a positive impact. But the terrorists have been active, too and in our judgment America's margin of safety is shrinking, not growing."/ppIt adds that much dangerous biological and nuclear material around the globe is "poorly secured and thus vulnerable to theft by those who would put these materials to harmful use, or would sell them on the black market to potential terrorists."/ppAs well as the threat from stateless militant groups, the commission expresses concern about the danger posed by proliferation of nuclear weapons to states such as Iran, saying the Obama administration must stop it from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability./ppIt points to Pakistan, both at the state level and among stateless groups, as one of the areas of most concern. "Were one to map terrorism and weapons of mass destruction today, all roads would intersect in Pakistan," the report says./ppTalent told the press conference in Washington today: "It is the epicentre of a lot of these dangers." He said the report had been drawn up before the Mumbai attacks./ppThe commission recommends that Pakistan be top priority for the Obama administration in terms of terrorism and proliferation. Proposals include eliminating terrorist safe havens through military, economic, and diplomatic means, securing nuclear and biological materials in Pakistan, countering and defeating extremist ideology, and constraining a nascent nuclear arms race in Asia./ppOther recommendations include strengthening the non-proliferation treaty and other international safeguards, creating a US national security force appropriate to the 21st century and developing a more coherent strategy for countering ideologies that leads to terrorism./ppAt home, the commission was disturbed at the apparent lack of security at laboratories dealing with dangerous biological materials. Government investigators, sent to check on the vulnerability of such sites were able gain access to the outside of these buildings and observe work inside./ppIt was lucky that they were from the government and not al-Qaida operatives as these were precisely the lethal trove that the terrorists have been seeking for years, the report says./ppThe government investigators watched a pedestrian simply stroll into one of the buildings through an unguarded loading bay./ppThe commission recommended tighter oversight of the 400 research facilities and 15,000 staff engaged in such work. Another recommendation is the establishment of an anthrax preparedness strategy./pdiv style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"ullia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/terrorism"Global terrorism/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/alqaida"Al-Qaida/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/obama-white-house"Obama White House/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/usa"United States/a/lilia href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/pakistan"Pakistan/a/li/ul/diva href="http://www.guardian.co.uk"guardian.co.uk/a copy; Guardian News Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html"Terms Conditions/a | a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/webfeeds/1,,1309488,00.html"More Feeds/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/5ayVmDk13JpnMX1fJUUSKCdWnYI/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/5ayVmDk13JpnMX1fJUUSKCdWnYI/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/post_image/post_image-1203_britney_spears_bday_00.jpg" border="0"br Seen here celebrating her birthday last night at Tenjune, Britney Spears proved earlier in the day that she's still got it. And by it I mean the ability to act like a raging diva despite, just months ago, nose-diving her career into the shitter. Britney was scheduled to perform a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/11/britney_spears_to_light_tree_a.php"at the Rockefeller Center tree lighting ceremony/a, but has already pulled in and out of the gig enough times that she should at least call the next day. a href="http://www.ok-magazine.com/news/view/10609"OK! Magazine/a reports: blockquote"You have no idea how many times Britney has changed things on us, at least 14 times since I got here on Thursday," a source connected to the TV special tells OK!. "It is Britney Spears and she can do that because they want her to boost ratings, but no one is happy putting up with this. I probably shouldn't say this, but guys on the crew were making bets about whether she would show up at all."br One eyewitness tells OK! that Britney had been scheduled to appear live on Wednesday night's broadcast, but that plan was ultimately scrapped in favor of a pre-taped "message."br "She was originally supposed to perform live and then she wanted to pre-tape her performance instead," the source says. "Then she didn't want to do that. She keeps changing her mind and now she's not performing at all."/blockquote If I were Britney Spears, I'd take any goddamn work I could get my crazy hands on. I'd be all over it: "What's that? A cameo in a dog food commercial. I'm in! I'll do anything. Do you want me to eat the dog food? Or do you want me to eat the dog? I'll eat the dog. I'll munch him right up. Nom nom nom. I'll do it. I'll emfucking/em do it. Because, wow, do I need money. Money money money. Will somebody get some ketchup on this dog! AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!" *collapses* Then again, I'm a professional. strongEDIT:/strong Added pics of a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=4"Britney taping her tree lighting appearance/a which will undoubtedly be Exhibit A in the Congressional hearing on "Why the hell did the terrorists attack us again? And maybe they're on to something." div style="width: 425px; margin: 0 0 0 30px; padding: 0;"ul style="list-style-type: none; display: block; width: 425px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"li style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_00.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=1" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_01.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=2" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_02.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=3" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_03.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=4" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_04.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=5" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_05.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=6" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_06.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/lili style="display: block; float: left; width: 90px; height: 134px; margin: 0; padding: 0 10px 10px 0;"a href="http://thesuperficial.com/2008/12/britney_spears_is_a_pain_in_th.php?bfm_index=7" style="display: block; width: 90px; height: 134px; background: #CCC; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; padding: 0;"img src="http://cdn.thesuperficial.com//bfm_gallery/2008/12/1203 Britney Spears Bday/gallery_thumb/gallery_thumb-1203_britney_spears_bday_07.jpg" style="display: block; border: 1px solid #cccccc; width: 88px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/a/li/uldiv style="clear: left;"/div/div div class = "credit"Photos: a href="http://www.infdaily.com"INFdaily.com/a, a href="http://www.splashnewsonline.com"Splash News/a/div pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ab7Ry6hI7O_yRQYTxOjRJo-IUfo/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/ab7Ry6hI7O_yRQYTxOjRJo-IUfo/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesuperficial/SNxk/~4/nckVbjSkWwA" height="1" width="1"/

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The US $700bn bail-out plan is being implemented without adequate safeguards, a Congressional watchdog says.

The US $700bn bail-out plan is being implemented without adequate safeguards, a Congressional watchdog says.

It's a Christmas Tree Ornament

Quote: When Deborah Lawrence got the invitation from the White House, the Seattle-based artist decided to make a lefty political statement.

But she never expected it would hang on the official Christmas tree.

Laura Bush asked members of Congress to pick local painters to decorate ornaments for this year's 20-foot Fraser fir in the Blue Room. The globes (to be unveiled by the first lady tomorrow) are supposed to showcase something special about each congressional district. Washington state's Rep. Jim McDermott contacted a local arts organization, which asked Lawrence, a collage artist, to create the local entry.
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