It is a component of an Arabic name, a type of epithet, in theory referring to the bearer's first-born son or daughter. By extension, it may also have hypothetical or metaphorical references, e.g. in a nom de guerre or a nickname, without literally referring to a son or a daughter.
Print |. A A. Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., an author of the Patriot Act, is calling for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper to be prosecuted for lying to Congress last March in response to a question by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about alleged NSA snooping on Americans.
Sorry, something has gone wrong. Best Answer: The Committee on Public Information (CPI), also known as the Creel Committee, organized publicity on behalf of U.S. objectives during World War I.In 1917, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson tapped muckraking journalist George Creel [1] to head the CPI.n a 1920 memoir, titled How We Advertised America, Creel wrote that the war was not fought in France alone: It was the fight for the minds of men, for the conquest of their convictions, and the battle-line ran through every home in every country.