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To: JohnM who wrote (39035)	4/12/2004 2:08:43 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793907

John...Hint for our History lesson this next week: 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act There is a lot on this googling if we add History to the above. The FBI and CIA COULD NOT exchange info because of this act, or at least the way some of the courts interpreted it.... Is it possible that the terrorist leadership KNEW this, and decided to use the info to their own interest....Did 9-11 happen because of this 1978 FISA???? And what of the folks who didn't want the Patriot Act to even be created? Did they want this situation to continue to our detriment? Do they still?

To: JohnM who wrote (39035)	4/12/2004 7:26:12 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793907

Can you imagine the great outrage that would have surged through the right wing nation. This right-wing troglodyte does not believe allocating blame is useful with respect to 9/11. The bureaucrats did what they could; there was no negligence, no incompetence on the part of either the Bush or Clinton Administrations. Rice had it exactly right: democracies are slow to respond to threats. If there is blame, it is as fairly placed on the previous Administration as the present one. The criticism of Bush is utterly partisan. Since it disagrees with my views, it is also wrong. vbg