I Was There and He Wasn't

Stephen had two interesting people on tonight.

The first was Carol Browner, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and former head of the E.P.A. (Environmental Protection Agency). She was there to try to set Stephen straight on the need for clean air and clean water and thus the E.P.A. I'm sure you've all heard about problems with pollution. I also am quite sure that you partake of breathing of the air and drinking of the water and so can appreciate having standards so that it stays that way.

Stephen also had clips of Rush Limbaugh talking on the radio, but that is not the same as having him on the show. Rush talked about how great the LRA - Lords of Resistance Army is in Uganda. It seems at first he was praising them and then, once he found out about the accusations against them of nasty stuff such as murder and abduction, Limbaugh sort of back pedaled and said he would do some more research about the LRA.

Then another real person on the show. Ali H. Soufan, former Special Agent for the FBI and counter-terrorism operator. He has a new book out: "The Black Banners - The inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Qaeda." He has done some remarkable things, mostly by being smart and talking to suspects. Amazing how well that can work. He was able to get really good information that helped us a lot in the fight against terrorism. Go watch the show over at Colbert Nation if you didn't see it tonight.

Find out who Ali Soufan was talking about when he said, "I was there and he wasn't."