Editor's Note: After Friday's AC360°, many of you wrote in about Michael Ware’s report from the front lines in Mexico's drug war. Thanks were heard for the segment on the deaths at the sweat lodge with some saying that you should never have to pay for meditation and prayer in the first place.

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Michael Ware is right. We Americans love our drugs. Look at us. Whether it's Vicadin, Stoli, pot, cocaine, Sudafed, or Marlboro cigarettes – boy, we Americans love our drugs! You think we'd be grateful to the people selling us the drugs we love. Instead, in an act of what must be collective insanity, we criminalize our favorite drugs and shoot at and incarcerate the people who dare to sell them to us. Worse, we're selling guns to both sides. So Ware is right. This is a test of our national moral compass. In Mexico and Afghanistan, people are dying for the drugs we insist they grow for us – while we make money off the war we forced on them. I'm grateful you folks are talking about it. Enjoy the snow.

Thank You for your discussion [posted on the web site] with Deepak Chopra on preventing casualties at extreme self-help seminars. If people understood that one does not pay for sweat lodge ceremonies, like any other form of worship; they would know it was B.S. and save their time and money. Meditation and prayer are free.

Editor's Note: This week, the Vermont State Supreme Court began hearing a case that started in July 2003, when Denis and Sarah Scheele, who were visiting relatives, let their mixed-breed dog wander into a neighbor's yard and he fatally shot it. The court is now reviewing the case.

The Scheeles filed a civil suit against Dustin, arguing that Shadow was more than a piece of property and that they could not be compensated just with reimbursement of what they paid to adopt him from an animal shelter, the veterinary bill that resulted from the shooting and the cost of his cremation.

Jeffrey Toobin and Lisa Bloom will be on to discuss the case tonight at 10 p.m. ET.

When we heard about this story, many of us here at 360° started thinking about our own dogs. Check out this gallery of a few of our canine companions.

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Erica Hill's dog, Jake.

Kathleen Friery's dog, Wally.

Tom Foreman's dog, NOLA.

Gary Tuchman's dog, Star.

Sean Yates' dog, Tasi.

Joey Gardner's dog, Sugar.

Randi Kaye's dog, Boulder.

Charlie Moore's dog, Conrad.

Joneil Adriano's dog, Macho.

Katie Ross' dog, Guapo.

Eliza Browning's dog, Emma.

Joneil Adriano's dog, Regina.

Kira Kleaveland's dog, Maddie.

Julia Calzonetti's dog, Lucy.

Ella Perlis' dog, Lavan.

Eliza Browning's dog, Nell.

Susan Chun's dog, Romeo.

Eliza Browning's dog, Nell.

Jack Gray's dog, Sammy, in New York City.

Jack's dog, Sammy.

Jill Billante's dog, Romeo.

Santa Sammy.

Diana Miller's dog, Franklin.

Jack's dog, Sammy.

Cate Vojdik's dog, Dodger.

Devna Shukla's dog, Buddy.

Cate Vojdik's dog, Bailey.

Joneil Adriano's dog, Gizmo.

David Puente's dog, Luc.

Kathryn Leonard's dog, Ted.

Shimrit Sheetrit's dog, Loofie.

Eddie Ryan's dog, Sam.

Editor's Note: After last night's AC360°, many of you wrote in with opinions on the health care reform bill. We also heard from many of you about the custody battle David Goldman is fighting for his son in Brazil. What did you think? Let us know!

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I agree with Howard Dean. It has become an insurance company’s bill. President Obama has included some good elements in the bill concerning the pre-existing condition clause. The public option should prevail and scrape the rest. Start fresh and regulate the bill properly. It is puzzling why the private sector believes that they are privy to no regulation. The regulations were always there, they never were enforced.

This is a last Ditch effort on few of us here in Texas that Supported Obama and some of us that don't but we all still agree that we need Health care reform. My Idea : A Sales tax of several cents to put in a pool that we all get excess to with no limits...Over time they can figure the proper amount to maintain a pos balance. I don't know why they try to make it harder than it really is. A Man should be able to exist on this planet without the fear of Imprisonment or seizure of personal items for just existing. The US constitution supposes to protect us from that! Mandating is not acceptable or will be tolerated by most of us if it takes food off our tables.

Re: Goldman Child kidnapping, the American people can reunite Mr. Goldman & his son, all we have to do is BOYCOTT ALL BRAZIL GOODS. Obama could speed up the process by enlisting the longshoremen to not unload Brazil goods. Brazil would respond to billions in lost exports instantly. But you won’t suggest that will you? that would be against the corporate line.

Editor's Note: After last night's AC360°, we heard from many of you on health care reform. Many of you also asked for more information about 10-year-old Jean Paul Lacombe Diaz, whose father is now wanted for kidnapping and accused of lying to the judge. What do you think? Let us know.

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So, it is actually the "legal" drug dealers running our health and health care reform. Too bad Obama sold out the American people with prescription drugs. Money talks and bull-- walks!

My wife is a book keeper and I am a massage therapist. Our health insurance is 1200 a mo. and is going up to between 1700 – 2200 a month. What is unfair is that my tax dollar goes to give anyone who is employed by the government universal healthcare but not my wife and I. How is this possible? Listen up......... The postal worker, or city school teacher, or worker at the motor vehicle dept. and their spouses are paying only 100 to $250 a month for health insurance. The tax dollars of my wife and I are going to pay for the health care support of the people above mentioned. Yet not a dollar of their tax dollar is going to pay for the health insurance of my wife and I. That isn't fair is it? Especially when the postal worker, teacher, and worker at the dept. of motor vehicle are making more money than I or my wife makes a year.

I'm watching Anderson tell the story of the 10-year old boy taken from his school bus by Texas Marshalls and handed over to his father. The father used fake Mexican documents to convince a Texas judge to allow the order. I wanted to ask Anderson why there was no mention of the names of the father's lawyers, as they had to represent to the court the accuracy of the documents and I believe they were negligent at least and complicit at worst.

Health care is simple. As voters the people in Washington work for us and the first people who will be required to be covered solely by it must be the people who create it

Editor's Note: After last night's report on the danger of CT scans, many people wrote in for more information on the topic. Some of you also voiced your reaction to the interview with Joe Lieberman on health care reform. What do you think? Let us know.

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Interesting piece on the CT scans. A doctor friend of mine told me many radiation problems are due to doctors using unusually high radiation levels to get clearer scans. He mentioned how standards of acceptable radiation are different in foreign countries, and when a doctor from overseas comes to the U.S., he may be used to working at less stringent standards. Is this true? Could you look into this? This seems seriously wrong, and it if it is true, then it could be particularly revealing. Please look into this.

Joe Lieberman: A Republican shill. The democrats need to get rid of him. Look at his history: nothing that's true to Demos–just wants the POWER. As for the Health Reform legislation–what field is his wife in? Duhh? Are you also lobbying, Joe? Be honest–become the Republican you ARE!!

How can you say that with earmarks down 15% some restraint is being shown by Congress or that the President can support some of those because they have a public purpose? The only public purpose, should be, as Evan Bayh suggested, a goal of reducing spending of the American public's money. It is unconscionable, irresponsible and ultimately unbearable for the representatives of the people of this country to have to support this kind of spending that is geared to currying favor with special interests for the purpose of getting reelected. We should fire everyone in office at the Federal and State level that does not get the picture and understand that this is not their money.

Your comment concerning earmarks was very appropriate. My only comment concerns IBS. The women in my wife's family all suffer from IBS. It is a very debilitating disease and appears to be hereditary. It affects her daughters, granddaughters and niece.
You know who started that "full body scan" craze? Oprah Winfrey did it. I hope she spends as much time covering the study of possible cancer risk as she did covering the so-called benefits of body scans. Plus, even if the radiation isn't dangerous, many times you get false readings from those CT scans. So, they're great for some things, but if there are alternative diagnostic procedures, they're probably more favorable ones, even if they're less convenient and more invasive.

When asked about the health care bill, Lieberman said he didn't read it, but was told it was bad. If Lieberman was told to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge would he? The flip Flopper Lieberman said in the past that he supports a Medicare buy-in for those in their 50's and strengthening public options that already work. No wonder Lieberman’s last name starts with lie.

Editor's Note: Many of you appreciated AC360° reporting the news about Tiger's sponsors, and not focusing solely on his infidelities. The segment about the killings in Chicago brought many comments. Some of you said that putting the blame for youth violence on teachers is unfair to the dedicated educators working in challenging districts. Some put more responsibility on parents to guide their children.
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Anderson Thank you for being a respective reporter and treating your guest with respect. I am so tired of these anchors cutting off their guest who are not giving them the sensational crap they want to call journalism. I have turned off your competitors and like watching your stories. Stories of Tigers infidelity is his private affair, but the sponsors dropping him is your story. My private life or anyone else's life should be theirs until they so choose to share it. Keep up the stand up news reporting.

I can't disagree more with your educational expert Mr. Perry. Mr. Perry commented that children aren't born violent and that the educational system failed them. I am an inner city school teacher and am quite offended by this comment. When are we going to put the responsibility back on parents to raise their kids. I personally see how no matter what we as teachers do to education children, if we don't have the support of the parents, there's not much we can do. Parents need to take a more active role in their child's education. They need to support education and enforce the importance of education. Too many parents see our schools as babysitters. Let's get real. It's not the school systems that are failing these kids, it's their parents.

I am always sad to see stories about youth violence and tonight's story about the boy in Chicago being killed by fellow schoolmates is very disturbing. Equally disturbing is the predictable response from people like your guest who immediately blame school teachers and administrators as the primary people to be held accountable for these events. Are there poor teachers and poor schools in the country? Yes. But teachers are struggling every day to overcome the impact of poverty, neighborhood violence, and absent or neglectful parents on students' lives. Most educators are dedicated professionals who dearly want to make a difference in the life of a child. However, schools can't always be the first ones blamed and the last ones funded.

Up here in Seattle we face similar situations as the communities in Chicago regarding youth violence. We have 45% of youth of color in detention, 54% in Adult jail and 9 to 12% of the total state of Washington. Our public school system is highly dysfunctional rank 46 in the country. The streets are winning the battle of our young men & women and that within itself is a war on our Youth. Keep them honest and give our kids the education they solely deserve.

Editor's Note: After Friday night's AC360°, we heard from many of you about our coverage of the tunnel under the border between U.S. and Mexico. Many of you were pleased by the reporting and wanted more information on it. Some of you wrote in to complain about the amount of time devoted to Tiger Woods. What do you think? Let us know, we want to hear from you.
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It was nice of you to go inside of that deep, dark, cold tunnel. Thank you for showing us that, I was as interested in that as you were. But we don't really expect you to do that, you can get hurt, it's a good thing that didn't happen.

Excellent article about the tunnel and the drug cartels! But much about Tiger Woods. Please, less talk about Tiger Woods on Monday.

This constant publicity concerning Tiger is not helping him get his family back together which is the more important. Of all the events helping in our society, this does not merit so much attention. Maybe the news reporter need to get some business of their own.

Just wanted to let you know that I love AC360. Anderson and Erica are great together and I look forward to a daily recap of the news . However, this evening , I had to tune the show off. The Tiger Woods story with FOUR pundits was overkill and took up at least the first 20 minutes until I turned it off. Today, the house passed a financial reform bill. ACORN law was overturned by a Federal court. etc. There dozens of more substantive stories to utilize the AC360 resources than Tiger Woods.

There was a mention on today's show that US authorities found where the drug tunnel exit was in the United States- where? That tunnel was incredible. Hope there's more follow-up on the Juarez/drug war story. Always good work- both the website and TV program. Appreciate having a non-polarized source of news to rely on.

Editor's Note: After last night's AC360°, many of you wrote in about the “drug smuggling tunnel” segment. It seemed to be interesting to a lot of you. What do you think?
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I'm watching Anderson Cooper right now. A very interesting story on the recently discovered drug smuggling tunnel between Mexico and the U.S. He is showing how the tunnel was built and various items of interest in the tunnel. Excellent! What angers me is half the screen is covered with the headline news crawler, a thing about "Breaking News," the CNN logo on the side, and of course the 360 logo on the other side. You can't even see the things he's pointing out because of all the advertising! You want me to watch the program and learn? Then remove this frustrating, blatant and self-serving advertising and maybe I will continue to watch!

Where do they hide the huge mounds of dirt that result. It must be an issue for the diggers.

Editor's Note: After AC360° last night, we received comments from many of you about Sarah Palin, homegrown terrorists and the Polar Bear population. Let us know what you think.
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Anderson – my wife and I watch you just about every night – you are a serious journalist, or so I believe – why, why, why, do you keep talking about Sarah Palin?? I know you can do better- -please tell me, do your bosses just tell you to talk about her? She is not worth your time and I turn off 360 whenever you get into the subject – to me she is a joke!!!

These terrorists Do Not Represent Islam, They Do Not Represent Muslims, They are Criminals Organized by Devils.

I saw Anderson's interview with a Moslem, sorry I forgot his name, who studies young jihadists and introduced the term jihad cool. Anyway, it was a good interview and Anderson asked some good questions. However, at one time the guest made an analogy that the jihad movement is a little like the civil rights movement in the sense that the kids today are taking a little more radical and militant approach than their parents to voice grievances of the larger Moslem community and he used the example of some of black radical groups following more moderate civil rights groups. I was no supporter of militant black radicals, but I would say the black community definitely had some real grievances that needed to be dealt with. What are that grievances of the Moslem community that need to be addressed? I would really like to know the answer to that question.

Jeff Corwin and his contact as OBJECTIVE views on the polar bear population...Is this the best journalism you can provide on the subject...ever thought of dividing the segment with OPPOSING views...GOOD GRIEF!

YOU should present a program on radicalism much like Christiane Amanpour did as there are many radicals within our country. Look at the skin heads and racists. Timothy McVey was definitely an American (terrorist) radical skin head. I think the man you had on tonight describing Islamic radicals would be a good place to start. You are a credible personality to whom people would consider and listen.

Editor's Note: Many of you wrote in about “The Shot” after last night's AC360°. Apparently you had a lot to say about Anderson’s newfound addiction, “Battlestar Galactica.” Many of you also wrote in to comment on the senate voting on health care, the ice melting in Greenland and the deaths at the sweat lodge. What do you think?

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I like the sound of the words, Battle Star Galatica. I think it is okay to call Anderson Cooper a Nerd, but I don't think it was okay for him to call his Director a Nerd in front of the American TV-World. What was he thinking?

I hope the Senate will vote Yes on healthcare, we need affordable healthcare now! The Senate needs to do the right thing for the American people. We are in great need for Insurance, the people voted them in, on the promise of healthcare for all people, I hope they do they jobs with no help from any Republican. I hope they think of the people, and not what is paid to some by Insurance companies, which to me is a crime!! I'm waiting in hope for a 61votes YES.

Just wanted to point out that Battlestar Galactica was NOT canceled. It had a series finale which was planned from the very first season. It was only supposed to go 5 seasons and they stuck to the script pretty well. Anyway, love the show (both BSG and yours of course), keep up the good work

I wanted to comment on the melting snow in Greenland and Antarctica. If you look up into the sky on any given day, you will see airplanes spraying Chemical Trails of barium oxide and aluminum oxide among other things. You will see them on most days. These chemicals are drying things out like our skin, the roofs on our homes, causing forest fires and the so called global warming. Spraying these metals is warming the snow and melting it. There would be no global warming at the rate that is happening if they quit spraying. I could see the chemical trails in the sky of the video you played tonight of the melting snow. If you want to confirm this information, just go outside and look for object such as furniture under a porch, scrap the residue off the furniture and send it to a lab for analysis. Yes, metal will heat the snow and melt it very quickly. Normal plans emit condensation which evaporates within a few minutes. These trails last for hours and hours. Wake up America and look up in the skies! Thank you for listening.

Editor's Note: After last night's AC360°, we heard from many of you about abortion and climate change. Some feel that the abortion segment would have been more useful if the background wasn’t an empty, sterile room. Thanks were heard for the explanation behind the climate control hacked emails and more questions were raised about the email controversy. What do you think?

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Thank you for explaining the truth behind the CRU emails. I am so sick of the sound bite treatment of a few choice quotes without any analysis or explanation. Many of these emails use jargon from the scientific community that most people are not familiar with, and thus the misinterpretation of them by the public is inevitable.

First I enjoy your show very much. I am wondering why no one in the media wants to investigate the person or persons who did the "hacking" of the climate research e-mails you and Campbell Brown are reporting on. Doesn't it seem like it is a case of deliberately trying to vandalize the world climate talks in Copenhagen by releasing the e-mail at this time? Couldn't there be a right wing conspiracy to attempt to cast doubt on climate theory by mounting a propaganda campaign to go along with the "hacked" e-mails. Why don't you investigate that??? Again I enjoy your show, but I think you should look into the other side of this issue.

On your show tonight, in the discussion of scientific fraud regarding global warming, John Roberts stressed that the people he talked to still had "faith in the science" of global warming. Science is science, not faith. Anyone who is going by faith is not being scientific about things. "Trust us" isn't good enough.

Like the show, but regarding climate change, all that argument over the emails is a waste of time. If you want to look at the effects of global warming, view satellite images of Greenland today and compare them to images taken 20 years ago. Pretty obvious.

Editor's Note: After last night's AC360° we heard from many of you about Adam Lambert’s controversial performance, about why many of you were pleased we weren't covering the Tiger Woods story and about the format of the program. What do you think? Let us know!
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Hey Anderson! Your program was very good yesterday. The discussion with the guests and you around the TV-table was nice, intelligent and instructive. Better yet your program gave attention to questions about the new strategy in Afghanistan. This is an important issue and of interest to all! Thanks!

This was much better than discussing the Tiger Woods's extramarital affairs.

Although , I'm not a a Greta lover , her show now has me as a new viewer . I'm disappointed in AC360, as well as , CNN in general , for their narowness of news coverage, i.e. , Climategate & Acorn , are imporant stories. No , to being a Rebuplican .... I'm an Independent. David Gergen is CNN's only asset anymore . Sad !

Editor's Note: We heard from many of you about the panel we had on last night to discuss President Obama’s speech about the new strategy in Afghanistan. The various panel members were referred to as “the voice of reason,” “intelligent” and unbelievably talented. While some of you do not know if sending more troops to Afghanistan is a good idea or not, they appreciated the informative, extended, impartial coverage the panel gave.
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Finally some enlightening comments on the situation on the ground in Afghanistan. The panel following the President's speech gave in depth insight into what is going on the ground and what obstacles the U.S. faces. Well done -

Fareed Zakaria is the voice of reason. Please keep him (and others like him) as part of the panel discussions for things like President Obama's speech tonight. We need more intelligent and insightful voices and less political voices. Thank you for separating the political commentators from the news reporters. Thank you for not being Fox News.

The President’s speech was measured and correct in all aspects. Tactically, follow the Marines and spend more time in each village. By pass the Af. gov. put money in the hands of the people.

This afghan thing has stretched out too long. It’s now at the point where the costs are probably going to outstrip the benefits.

I want to say that I watch CNN because of the intelligent of its news personnel, most of them. Anderson, in addition to you, Wolf Blitzer and his marvelous cynical side kick Jack, I am so grateful to CNN for nabbing the unbelievable talents of David Gergen and Fareed Zakaria. I feel I am getting tip top quality thinking and opinion from these two.

That guy with the British accent and the purple shirt is great for the show. Adds a lot of character and not too much of that "suit and tie" talk.

Your coverage of Obama's speech is fantastic! You really have people on that understand the area and don't mince words. I love that Michael Ware! Fareed is brilliant. I don't know if this is a good idea or not, but I love your informative coverage.

Loved the coverage and panel discussion tonight following the president’s speech. Love Michael Wear – he is direct, knowledgeable and has a great deal of passion.

I have been following the panel discussions with Wolf Blitzer, Campbell Brown and Anderson Cooper. Excellent discussion and interviews on the critical subject of Afghanistan. Superb panelists brought together for these discussions. Recommend, however, that you not put Michael Ware on the air until he is presentable with shirt, tie, etc. When juxtaposed with other panelists, all of whom were attired in very presentable and professional manner; his unkempt appearance was most conspicuous.

Thank you for your expanded and impartial coverage of Afghanistan tonight. I have been a lifelong Republican, and original CNN watcher from high school. There are times when I feel CNN has abandoned impartiality, and moved to left advocacy. However, your coverage has been largely centrist–in an Edward R. Murrow way.

Editor's Note: After last night's AC360°, we received many comments about on Tiger Woods, the Salahi’s (White House dinner crashers) and the interview with Judge Marion Humphrey about the parole of Maurice Clemmons, the alleged cop killer in Seattle. Some of you had mixed feelings about the comments from Judge Humphrey and thanks were heard for Jeffrey Toobin’s comments on Tiger Woods, saying it was just a simple accident with nothing to investigate. About the Salahi’s, the majority felt they should be congratulated for showing the flaws in security at the White House. What do you think?

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Thank you CNN and Anderson Cooper for leading with a story about a dangerous murderer on the loose; as opposed to speculation about Tiger Woods' fender bender and "party crashers."

This story is much more important in my opinion, and I appreciate your letting us know where the perpetrator probably is. The public needs to know about this man, just in case.

The couple who attended the white house without invite should get a good service metal for exposing a weakness in the SS.

The two party crashers should get rewarded for their stunt and the Secret Service along with the President should thank them for uncovering a flaw in White House security. The weakest link has probably been eliminated by now.

Anderson; my president is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan putting them in harm’s way and the media is worrying about Tiger Woods’ kinda makes one sick doesn’t it?

The judge's remarks (rationalization) about why he paroled (and later performed the marriage of) the alleged cop killer Maurice Clemmons were shocking. Why did he espouse his religious views (my belief in Our Lord, Jesus Christ) as his explanation for giving mercy? What happened to the separation of church and state? I'd hate to think he commuted his sentence because of Clemmons’ Christian beliefs, as told to Huckabee. Not prudent or responsible. What if the prisoner is Jewish or Muslim? And how proper is it for the judge to marry a prisoner?

I watched the show where the judge that released Clemmon, the alleged police murderer, talked about his decision to release that man. The judge stated he felt Clemmons should turn himself in because of the pain to his family. This was deeply distressing to me that his first comment was regarding this person’s family. What about the police officers families? I am married to an officer and I was a probation officer for 10 years. I have witnessed these types of mishaps in the criminal justice system on numerous occasions. I am disgusted that this judge admitted to having a soft spot for this man. Maybe it is time for him to step down from the bench if he truly cannot be objective. If it was his family being executed I believe his attitude would be quite different.

RE: Tiger Woods. Your legal analyst incorrectly repeated that the Florida police had no reason to "investigate" a fender bender. An investigation is actually very typical when there exists any possibility of unsafe or reckless driving, impaired driving, or any other foul play. They can't assume the non-existence of these. Rather, they must conclude this from an investigation, even if just a basic one.

I agree with you. I do not think Tiger has to make a statement to the public. What happened is none of anyone's business. People expect to know too much about the people they see on television.

The press should back way off from the Tiger Woods story – no crime – no story – let him have his privacy -this includes Christine Brennan who has kept up the pressure since day one – people shouldn't be fed gossip and innuendo all day long on cable TV – CNN – you can do better even if the others can't. Thank God for Jeffrey Toobin's voice of sanity and reason!

Editor's Note: After Friday night's AC360° we heard from many of you about the State Dinner crashers. Most of you disagreed with Lisa Bloom that it was no big deal because Michaele and Tareq Salahi did not try to harm anyone. Many of you also weighed in about Tiger Woods' car crash. What do you think? Let us know!

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I am positive if I had had a crash, or you, or anyone else like Tiger's crash, there would have been a blood test at the hospital re: blood alcohol or other substance, what is he trying to hide? IF we didn't watch his matches, didn't buy his endorsed products, he would not be where he is today. There seems to be 2 sets of rules for those who have, and those who have not. IF I ran over a fire hydrant and crashed into a tree first thing you would do is a drug/alcohol test! I am sick of the double standard!!!

I feel CNN legal analysts are usually on point. Lisa Bloom is part of this team but had a lapse tonight. To say no harm was done by the Whitehouse gate crashers is silly. They certainly provided some food for thought for terrorists. If that is not acted upon, it looked President Obama's staff do not have their act together or perhaps that they by-pass security for prominent DC couples or reality TV stars. No matter how you slice it, some examples need to be set here. Lisa should think again. i usually agree with her opinions.

Editor's Note: We heard from many of you after Wednesday night's AC360° about the couple that crashed the White House State Dinner. Some wondered what else the security may have missed, though others thought it was not a big deal. And many of you sent in Happy Thanksgiving wishes.
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My comment is relevant to the issue: in terms of AC 360 : positive 5 Star subject; white House Intruders: first CNN clarified the confusion that this technically was not a State Dinner but that the White House could elevated it to whatever status. If the white House cannot protect itself, it is really scary what other breeches of security happen we never hear about daily and globally and most importantly to our troops. Very serious issue.

The Secret Service should have known the party intruders were bogus when their balloon landed on the White House lawn.

Happy Thanksgiving to y'all at CNN!

Editor's Note: We received more feedback about the great job Erica did filling in for Anderson last night. Many also wrote in to let us know that they are looking forward to CNN Heroes on Thanksgiving night at 9PM. What about you?
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Erica Hill is the female version of Anderson...she is really good and shares the same combination of seriousness and serendipity that Anderson conveys. I look forward to catching up on the day's news with both of you after I have cooked dinner and done the dishes....keep up the good work!

I am looking forward to watch the CNN Heroes on this Thanksgiving night. I wanted to share the extraordinary story about my true hero “my daughter”. My daughter is 5 years old and a child prodigy (doing her 5th grade) adopted and granted wishes at Make a Wish Foundation with her own income. She inspired us to adopt a school in rural India at the age of 3 years and also every year we contribute funds to various organizations including Eye foundation, Cancer Foundation and Homeless Shelters. She is our true hero who taught us that giving is divine!

Editor's Note: Many of you wrote in to tell us how much you enjoyed Erica filling in for Anderson last night. We're also still hearing from people about the “Killings in the Canal” investigation.  Many of you thanked us for the “Keeping them honest” segment about the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. What do you think? Let us know!

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I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for giving Erica Hill the fill-in slot when Anderson Cooper has to be away. I think that she is a top-notch anchor and she is my favorite person to fill-in. Her interview with Madeleine Albright several months ago and her discussion panel tonight involving Gloria Steinem were fantastic. I would really like to see her become Mr. Cooper's permanent substitute. She is more than capable of taking the lead; she is outstanding. She's not only a terrific reporter and anchor; she knows the format and style of the show better than everybody else because she is a part of it every evening. I can't think of anybody better suited to fill in, even though I do enjoy the other anchors. Let's see more of Erica Hill!

Thank you for your story on "Battlefield Justice". As a Vietnam veteran, I deeply feel that Sargeants Hately, Mayo, and Lahey should be pardoned. Technically they are guilty, but under the circumstances, considering the stress and frustration they are under, they need compassion and forgiveness. They were convicted by the commanding officers who had to be politically correct. After serving three terms in Iraq, and watching his commanding officer's revolving door of releasing prisoners, frustration has to build, No wonder he took justice into his own hands, he had to be tired of putting his life on the line capturing enemies , only to see them released to shoot at him again. How can you do your job under these circumstances? Why should he put his life on the line every day?

A big shout out and kudos to Erica Hill this evening for doing such a GREAT job anchoring the show, proving that she is not just an attractive co-host, but a fully competent anchor in her own right. Bravo Erica!!!

I am a survivor from 9/11 (attack from the Pentagon). I am a fan of the Anderson Cooper 360. Only when I take the time to watch TV. CNN is my source for all things news worthy. My fav is the "Keeping them Honest" segment. What a bold move. I appreciate the discussion on the upcoming terrorist trials. These trials need to take place. I believe this is a step in the right direction. These men need to be brought to justice. However, more needs to be done. And what are we saying when we only try these few? Millions upon millions of dollars are poured into our defense. Are we saying these 6 men thwarted our entire governmental systems?? If so, we need to be less concerned about if they will put on a show or not in the courtroom. And more concerned about have we really made substantial improvements since 9/11.

Carly Fiorina misinformed your viewers about the breast-cancer recommendations. Not only do they not say "don't have mammograms" or "don't do breast self-exams" under 50, but they actually say women should be familiar with how their breasts feel and see a doctor if there's a change - to get a mammogram. For her to suggest that they advise women who find lumps to do nothing is absurd and scurrilous. (And by the way, please try for better balance in these discussions: Bernadine Healy is a doctor but also a pretty partisan Republican who's prominently opposed the Democrats' reform efforts.)

Editor's Note: Most of the feedback we received after Friday's AC360° was about the “Killings at the Canal” investigation. Most of you wrote in to say that you believe the killings were justified and that the soldiers should not be charged for them. Still, others disagreed. What do you think? Any more feedback about this special investigation?

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I think this is sickening the way our soldiers are being treated! This war. During the Vietnam, Korean or ww2 did Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Italy or Germany treat any of their prisoners or detainees the way we do. No they just shot them or tortured them. Wake up America this is a war of the worst kind, terrorism. There is no need for proof of act for terrorists, insurgents or detainees in war. More and more of our soldiers are being killed do to our rules of law; it does not apply in war! We are pathetic. We need to wake up

I cannot believe the system wants to punish the 4 soldiers of the canal. DO THEY NOT REMEMBER 911. Do they think the prisoners would let us go? I don't think so. Have some compassion for the soldiers THE GOVERNMENT SENDS OVER THERE. They do not choose to do this. They have families they would rather be with. Talk about STRESS. Let the ones that are judging take their place and see what they would do.

I don’t understand why the army is trying our guys. Either it’s a war or it isn’t – war means killing – don’t tell our guys to do their job then send them to jail for doing it!

Killings at the canal triggers such murders that we experience at fort hood tx. STOP THEM FOR OUR SOLDER SAFTY–PLEASE

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