Hands Across America: May 25, 1986

Yeah, I was there. It was a feel good thing to do.

On Sunday, May 25, 1986 approximately 6.5 million people held hands to form a human change from Battery Park in New York City to the RMS Queen Mary pier in Long Beach, California. The line stretched some 4,152 miles and the event rasied $34 million that was donated to local charities to fight hunger and homelessness.

I was on the National Mall in Washington, DC with Coretta Scott King standing at the Lincoln. President Reagan was at the White House. Speaker Tip O’Neill at the Capitol.

It didn’t end hunger or homelessness, but it did help raise some awareness.

And for a few minutes on a sunny, at least in DC, Sunday afternoon, we felt like we were doing something about it.

The Foundry: Release of Classified Bin Laden Raid Info Raises Questions

Deep in the cover of night in the town of Abbottabad, Pakistan, a team of Navy SEALs descended from helicopters, breached the compound of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and brought him to justice. The story is the stuff that blockbuster movies are made of, but many of the details are largely a closely guarded secret. That was until the Obama White House granted extraordinary access and information to Hollywood filmmakers for their film about the raid, originally slated to be released just before the November presidential elections. As disturbing as that may be, it is not the first time this White House has disclosed confidential information under questionable circumstances…

…The White House knew when the film about the bin Laden raid was slated to be released, and the White House alone decided to release the information. Those facts should raise a red flag for Congress that the White House has come awfully close to the line. It’s up to them to find out how this Administration is handling or mishandling ultra-sensitive national security secrets.

Read the whole disturbing article via Release of Classified Bin Laden Raid Info Raises Questions.