GORE LULLS 9/11 COMMISSION TO SLEEP

In contrast to NSC Advisor Condi Rice's dramatic day of testimony before the 9/11 commission, former Vice-President Al Gore testified before the same 10 commission members on Friday and managed to put them all to sleep. The testimony got off to a slow start when Gore insisted on a 'recount' of his opening statement and the proceedings went downhill from there. "It was one of the most horrific days of testimony we've had so far, and I'm not talking about details of the attack", said one committee member who asked not to be identified. "I thought sleeping gas had been introduced into the chamber", said another. By the end of the testimony, all ten members had slipped into a deep sleep from which several have yet to awaken. Gore can next be heard publicly on a special edition of the new talk radio station Air America.

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