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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (65991)9/19/2002 9:46:47 AM
From: JSwanson  Read Replies (3) of 70976
 
I wonder if Bush's urgent need to attack Iraq was due to his fear of this report.

From the article you referred to:

"Given the events and signals of the preceding decade, the intelligence community could have and in my judgment should have anticipated an attack on U.S. soil on the scale of 9/11," he said. He being Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.

AS for Bush, at least he is attempting a real solution this situation. Look at all the attacks at American interest during the Clinton Administration and virtually nothing was done. In fact, Clinton rebuffed at least two attempts by the Sudanese government to hand bin Laden over to the US.

The reality is that neither President is to blame for Sept. 11th. The blame rests primarily with the US's intelligence operations. And as with most operations, no one is typically aware of a problem until something bad happens.

Surely this report comes as no surprise to any American who has followed this event (almost every American?). The Phoenix FBI memo, the Minneapolis FBI fiasco, the Y2K Philippines bust and on and on and on. These stories have been trickling in throughout the year on a regular basis. The article you sight as damning just reaffirms what everybody already knew in their hearts.

Trying to pin this on a particular President, Clinton or Bush, is ridiculous. Our entire government let us down, not one man.

Regards,

JS
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