Daily Rotten Archives October 20, 2001 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 China paid Bin Laden to see U.S. cruise missiles Guardian | Submitted by: Soylent After a U.S. attack on Afghanistan in August 1998 left up to 40 U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles unexploded, China funnelled $10M to Osama bin Laden's organization to acquire an example of one. China is denying the claims. [Since 75 missiles were fired, the number of 40 unexploded seems dubious.] Read article... Man buys Cocaine from uniformed Cop Indianapolis Star | Submitted by: Soylent "Schalburg said Lajoye, 25, allegedly told the officer that if he came across a large amount of cocaine during a traffic stop or in the police evidence room, Lajoye could sell it out-of-state." Read article... Giuliani to appear in Drag Planet Out | Submitted by: Soylent Sir Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York City, has likely agreed to appear in drag for a taping of Queer as Folk, a racy soap opera set in homosexual Pittsburgh. When he was told that a New York pride group had raised $100,000 for victims of the WTC attacks, Giuliani agreed to appear if funds were found to match that number. At this time "nearly all" of the money has been raised. Read article... Technical issues in Homeland bill ISP Planet | Submitted by: Soylent Several special interests with concerns in the technology field have pushed their legislation into the Homeland bills. Among these are outlawing internet gambling, expanded authority for Carnivore, and expanded authority for the FCC. Of course, these don't really have anything to do with prevention of terrorism. Read article... The Coming Mess in Central Asia Asia Times | Submitted by: Soylent "The whole crisis is not indigenous", he says, "It was provoked by the Russians and then the Americans. The Afghans are fundamentally a peaceful people. Bin Laden is an outsider. He was brought and pumped by America. How can they blame the Afghans for what happened? Both superpowers created this situation artificially." Read article...