Rice is an idiot - the time to perform an analysis is prior to being presented an opportunity, which would likely have a very short window.
In other words, she’s telling us they never would have acted on any intel.
No. Offing Bin Laden was an exception to the rule.
I saw that too and wondered if they omitted a word in transcfibing her comment like ‘no’ on purpose or by accident. Probably an accidental omission on her part or the transcriber’s, given the context.