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Saving Lives with Design

Posted by Zonk on from the this-is-not-a-political-post dept.

valdean writes "Last year, the White House declassified an August 2001 intelligence brief entitled: 'Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US.' Among other things, the brief mentions that Bin Ladin 'wanted to hijack a US aircraft.' So why was it ignored? Graphic designer Greg Storey thinks part of the reason is poor design. He set out to modify the format of the original document into a more legible one."

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  1. Perhaps.... by Palal · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...Michael Moore was right? At least in part?

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    -Palal
  2. Can someone please explain... by Fjornir · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...what happened at the pentagon on 9/11? The photographic evidence seems to contradict the the official story... Look

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    I want a new world. I think this one is broken.
  3. 18K Americans die every year from no healthcare by Cryofan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares about Bin Laden? The real killer is lack of a national healthcare system, like every other western nation has. That lack is killing 18K Americans every year.

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    eat shiat and bark at the moon
  4. Re:The spoon explanation. by mobby_6kl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Didn't you get the memo? Everyone has AIDS!

    Everyone has AIDS!
    AIDS AIDS AIDS!
    AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS!
    Everyone has AIDS!

    My father (AIDS!)
    My sister (AIDS!)
    My uncle and my cousin and her best friend (AIDS AIDS AIDS!)
    The gays and the straights
    And the white and the spades

    Everyone has AIDS!
    My grandma and my dog 'ol blue (AIDS AIDS AIDS)
    The pope has got it and so do you (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS)
    C'mon everybody we got quilting to do (AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS)
    We gotta break down these baricades, everyone has
    AIDS!

    (from Team America World Police)

  5. Huge crimes are ignored. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Not completely behind the scenes: Unprecedented Corruption: A guide to conflict of interest in the U.S. government.

    When corrupters do a big enough crime, it overwhelms people so much that they ignore it. There are entire books detailing Karl Rove's dishonest methods, but they don't get attention.

  6. WE DID NOT TRAIN BIN LADEN by WombatControl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This line keeps getting repeated, and it's an absolute lie.

    There were two groups of people fighting in Afghanistan against the Russians. The first were the Afghans, and the second were the "Afghan Arabs" like bin Laden who came from the Gulf states and elsewhere. Neither of the two particularly cared for each other, but got along because they both hated the Russians.

    The mujihadeen that we gave money and arms to were all Afghans. The "Afghan Arabs" hated the US and wouldn't have accepted money or training from us if we'd offered.

    The people we did support were people like Ahmed Shah Masood. Masood was the founder of the Northern Alliance, and an enemy of the Taliban.

    In 2001, most of the fighting in Afghanistan was done by the Northern Alliance using US Special Forces and air support. The same people we gave help to in fighting the Russians later helped us fight the Taliban.

    We did not give money or weapons to bin Laden's group in Afghanistan. Even if we'd offered he would not have taken them.