“Ignore the admittedly fascinating details about which mid-level FBI and CIA bureaucrats screwed up [...] and you're left with a story line in which CIA director George J. Tenet and NSC counterterrorism head Richard Clarke, according the the Washington Post, were “nearly frantic” last summer with warnings of impending al-Qaeda attacks. On July 5, Clarke addressed a meeting in the White House Situation Room. 'Something really spectacular is going to happen here, and it's going to happen soon,' he reportedly said. Bush went on vacation.
“Anybody who's confident al-Qaeda's murderous scheme could have been thwarted has clearly seen too many Schwarzeneggar flicks. Equally clear, however, is that Bush's August 6 briefing wasn't kept secret for no reason. But it wasn't al-Qaeda they were hiding it from, it was you and me. On evidence, somebody close to the president dropped the ball. Were Tenet and Clarke ignored because they're Clinton appointees?”
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