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I've managed to read about a quarter of the 911 Report thus far.

I'm amazed that this unbelievably partisan group was able to write something as strong as this is.

Far from whitewashing things, it was very clear in stating the difficulties everywhere in the pre-911 world. Their recommendations appear well thought out, and will likely be easily implemented despite the cries of some of the ACLU crowd.

Nobody can interpret it as being anti-Bush, or as saying that President Bush has been acting improperly with respect to terrorism. They as much as state that we must have a preemptive posture against all of them, and specifically against radical Islamists, in every way, and wherever they reside.

It is possible to interpret it as quite critical of Clinton. One wonders what they might have said had Berger not lifted several copies of the early draft report of the Millennium incident. I suspect he succeeded in his intent by his theft, though.

UNANIMOUS CONSENT by this panel without even a dissenting footnote by one of them. Clearly what they heard behind closed doors was very powerful indeed, and completely squashed those who might have been Bush's critics.

I'm amazed that this unbelievably partisan group was able to write something as strong as this is.

Sure, but how many Americans will ever read even the Executive Summary? (And I haven't gotten to that yet, myself.) 90% of those civilians who know anything about the report, know only the Democrat disinformation campaign via Dick Clarke, the New York Times, Alphabet News, and their academic and educational comrades. And so you have this bizarro world report, and the real world propaganda that continues to contradict it.

Likewise, you have the Millennium After-Action Review, written by Dick Clarke, which shows how poorly the Clinton Administration prepared for the Millennium Plot, and which was stolen by Sandy Berger, and then you have Clarke's statements in his book, his 911 Commission testimony, and his ABC News commentary all contradicting what he wrote in the stolen, suppressed After-Action Review.

Nicholas Stix, What was in Sandy Berger's Underwear?