Cursor's Media Patrol - 09/12/05

In 'Lost at Tora Bora,' Mary Anne Weaver reports that "hidden from view inside the caves were an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 well-trained, well-armed men. A mile below, at the base of the caves, some three dozen U.S. Special Forces troops fanned out."

Jim Lobe reports on a conference attended by "a who's who of national security and foreign policy experts ... that appeared designed chiefly to assert the existence of alternative frameworks for conducting the war on terrorism on the eve of its fourth anniversary."

"It appears there was no one to tell President Bush the plain truth" about Katrina, reports Newsweek, explaining why Bush had "even less 'situational awareness' ... than the average American about the worst natural disaster in a century." Plus: "George Bush could not be located."

"Welcome to no-fault government," where "PR is considered action, while actual action is an afterthought," when 'Reality finally bites.'