Clairvoyance, you really need to get your facts straight. I'm not pointing my finger at George W. Bush.  But you really should do your homework before you make comments like that.

When Bush was elected, the Clinton Administration set up a series of briefings to assist with the transition in the White House from Clinton to Bush. In fact, Clinton's Nat'l Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, prepared 10 briefings for Condolezza Rice who was to be his successor.  One of the major concerns was the rise of al-Qaeda. Remember - there was a previous bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.  In addition, Richard Clarke laid out a broad anti-terrorist plan specifically naming al-Qaeda as a major threat and, as a result, Ms Rice asked him to stay on as head of counterterrorism. She remarked how impressed she was with his expertise on the subject of al-Qaeda and terrorist threats. (this is all documented)

But Clarke said that the Bush team didn't seem to take the threat seriously and had their own interests, commenting that White House officials "were tepid in their response" when he urged them months before Sept. 11 to meet to discuss what he saw as a severe threat from al Qaeda. Even a Republican Senator, Richard Shelby, who was on the Intelligence Committee, said there was advanced warning that attacks were imminent and that the White House should have revealed the warning to the American people earlier.  Yet even after 9/11, Bush continued to look for a link between Iraq and the WTC attacks, despite being told there didn't seem to be one. Please keep in mind that on 9/11 Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were enemies. But somehow Bush & his people were able to convince Americans that these 2 men not only plotted together, but were the same person!  One day I remember asking a friend "since when did Baghdad move to Afghanistan?

Another commission led by former senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman had issued several reports on national security warning that "mass-casualty terrorism directed against the U.S. homeland was of serious and growing concern'' and to establish a strong Homeland Security Agency and tighten our Borders.

Clinton, Clarke, Berger along with many others warned of these attacks. Could they have been prevented?  I have no idea.  We shouldn't be pointing fingers now at who could have done what then, we need to concentrate our energy on what we can do now. 

Clairvoyance, you really need to get your facts straight. I'm not pointing my finger at George W. Bush.  But you really should do your homework before you make comments like that.

When Bush was elected, the Clinton Administration set up a series of briefings to assist with the transition in the White House from Clinton to Bush. In fact, Clinton's Nat'l Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, prepared 10 briefings for Condolezza Rice who was to be his successor.  One of the major concerns was the rise of al-Qaeda. Remember - there was a previous bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.  In addition, Richard Clarke laid out a broad anti-terrorist plan specifically naming al-Qaeda as a major threat and, as a result, Ms Rice asked him to stay on as head of counterterrorism. She remarked how impressed she was with his expertise on the subject of al-Qaeda and terrorist threats. (this is all documented)

But Clarke said that the Bush team didn't seem to take the threat seriously and had their own interests, commenting that White House officials "were tepid in their response" when he urged them months before Sept. 11 to meet to discuss what he saw as a severe threat from al Qaeda. Even a Republican Senator, Richard Shelby, who was on the Intelligence Committee, said there was advanced warning that attacks were imminent and that the White House should have revealed the warning to the American people earlier.  Yet even after 9/11, Bush continued to look for a link between Iraq and the WTC attacks, despite being told there didn't seem to be one. Please keep in mind that on 9/11 Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein were enemies. But somehow Bush & his people were able to convince Americans that these 2 men not only plotted together, but were the same person!  One day I remember asking a friend "since when did Baghdad move to Afghanistan?

Another commission led by former senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman had issued several reports on national security warning that "mass-casualty terrorism directed against the U.S. homeland was of serious and growing concern'' and to establish a strong Homeland Security Agency and tighten our Borders.

Clinton, Clarke, Berger along with many others warned of these attacks. Could they have been prevented?  I have no idea.  We shouldn't be pointing fingers now at who could have done what then, we need to concentrate our energy on what we can do now. 

Wow, George W's 25% popularity comprises of this forum. 

Wow, George W's 25% popularity comprises of this forum.