How many times will this be quoted by the Bush haters?
In the weeks and months before Sept. 11, 2001, the FBI had some clues, but didn’t see them. It had a lead from one of its own agents, but didn’t follow it.
That’s a funny start to the AP story, isn’t it? Would I be wrong in asserting that this is another attempt to smear the Bush admin? Yup. Because there are only two mistakes mentioned, one being:
An FBI agent suggested to the chain of command two months before the attacks that there was a coordinated effort by Osama bin Laden to send students to the United States to study ways to take down U.S. aircraft.
the other being:
According to the report, CIA employees and four FBI agents assigned to the CIA’s bin Laden unit on Jan. 5, 2000, accessed incoming cables containing a substantial amount of information about Mihdhar, including that he was traveling and that he had a U.S. visa. Those facts weren’t disseminated to the FBI.
The information was written up that day by one of the FBI agents assigned to the CIA’s bin Laden unit. The FBI agent sought, but was never able to get, the required go-ahead from the CIA’s deputy chief of the unit to send the draft to the FBI. Ten days later, Mihdhar and Hazmi were in Los Angeles.
Be sure to remind any Bush haters who try to lord the first paragraph of the story over you that Bush wasn’t President on 1/5/2000. And, no, I do not blame Slick, as it sure looks like he probably wasn’t even told of this intelligence.
9/11 Spin Control
9/11 Spin Control
I wish they’d just give it up.
Hindsight is 20/20. Always.
Ogre, with all due respect, I think the Dems and libs give us ample evidence that hindsight can be just as limited as foresight.
I just wish they would direct some of that energy that they spend on hating Bush, toward the real enemy. Either they don’t seem to care that we are engaged in a war, or they are on the side of the enemy. Either way, they are terrorisms best friend.
great post teach (as always!)