Pimpin’ the 9/11 committee’s upcoming report like a 6 o’clock newscast, the chairman hinted today that there would “surprises” in the committee’s findings. Hard to tell if this is the “no shit, Sherlock, the Bushies didn’t take terrorism seriously” stuff that we already know, or if there’s a legitimate bombshell on the way. One possibility? This story about a translator (who’s kind of a babe and has a way cool name, Sibel Edmonds) claiming that she translated documents that warned of the attacks ahead of time. I realize for most blog readers this is old news, but it’s interesting that the charges haven’t caught on in the mainstream media (except CBS, which ran a story here). They’re either, 1.) Wild ass allegations nobody believes, 2.) So significant that everybody’s afraid to run with them because it would mean the end of the Bush administration, post haste. Again, I’m sort of stating the obvious here, but her story just cracked my consciousness (thanks to Air America, bless its anti-Bush soul). I bet a lot of other people are just hearing about this as well.