Panel: U.S. Underestimated Pre-9/11 Threat (washingtonpost.com): "...'none of the measures adopted by the U.S. government from 1998 to 2001 disturbed or even delayed the progress of the al Qaeda plot. Across the government, there were failures of imagination, policy, capabilities and management.'
The report adds: 'The most important failure was one of imagination. We do not believe leaders understood the gravity of the threat.'
... Bush said. "I assured them that where government needs to act, we will."
Bush said. "I assured them that where government needs to act, we will.""
Right! Bush didn't act before when he recieved warnings saying "BIN LADIN DETERMINED TO ATTACK U.S." I don't expect him to do anything useful now.
- posted by geoff @ #