[CyberAnt]

Bill Gertz also mentioned that Bush barely had his base offices staffed by 9/11. Bush was so intent on doing things properly, he wouldn't let any appointments take their place until they were cleared by the Congress .. meaning quite a few of the important positions were not filled yet .. and that was partly because of the egotistical stalling by democrat members of the senate. Maybe we could have done more .. except for the dispicable treatment of the Bush admin by the democrats.

My theory .. this is just another attempt to blame Bush for the dems' failures. It won't work. Why? Because the public is already aware the dems constant blaming Bush routine is not legitimate, and it's falling on deaf ears.

[SoCalPol]

I have some of Gertz's books including
"Breakdown" How America's Intelligence
Failures Led to Sept. 11

Another good one, "Losing Bin Laden" by R. Miniter
How Clinton's Failures unleashed Global Terror.

What many people don't understand, Bush may have put
in his own people in the various depts. but on the
next levels be it second,third, or whatever many are the
same folks that served with Clinton, it's called
civil service. Having worked civil service for many yrs.
it is a sick system.