SHRINKING HALF LIFE OF RUMORS :

Rumsfeld not taking homeland security post (United Press International, July 24, 2002)

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will not head the new Office of Homeland Security, his spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said Wednesday.

She quoted a brief hand-scrawled note sent quickly down from one of Rumsfeld's top advisers, Chief of Staff Larry di Rita.

"On the secretary, no truth to the rumor at all, exclamation point," she read aloud.

Geez--we don't even get to speculate overnight? The speeded up news cycle stinks, huh? Posted by Orrin Judd at July 24, 2002 11:51 PM