Pentagon may have criminally misled 9/11 commission regarding its activities on that day: “Suspicion of wrongdoing ran so deep that the 10-member commission, in a secret meeting at the end of its tenure in summer 2004, debated referring the matter to the Justice Department for criminal investigation, according to several commission sources. Staff members and some commissioners thought that e-mails and other evidence provided enough probable cause to believe that military and aviation officials violated the law by making false statements to Congress and to the commission, hoping to hide the bungled response to the hijackings, these sources said.”

Harbingers of atmospheric destruction? Nacreous clouds appear over Antarctica…

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee exposes the GOP: The Fudge Report. Mike Rogers exposes a member of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

Night Listener director Stettner on new Armistead Maupin film adaptation, which stars Robin Williams and opens Friday: “The producers are gay. The writer is gay. It was not an issue at all. The gayness of the film’s characters is matter-of-fact. It is an advancement for gays, and Armistead is very proud of that. Here is a film that is being widely released, and it’s not about his gayness; it’s about the quality of the relationship.”

Cleric Cathedral full of 300 break into applause as Bishop announces that gay cleric and avowed celibate the Rt Rev Jeffrey John marries his partner of 30 years in England: Bishop: “There are some who will consider it inappropriate for a priest to enter into a civil partnership. However, Jeffrey John has confirmed to me that the nature of his relationship remains in accord with the declarations he made in 2004 upon his appointment as Dean of St Albans, and therefore complies with the discipline of the Church of England as set out in the Bishops’ Pastoral Statement on Civil Partnerships 2005.