Gotta call for reinforcements, huh? Well, bring 'em on!
I was merely pinging a few friends who take an interest in these things.
I envisioned the scenario, so did the CIA and most other even remotely knowledgeable people I know. If a car/truck can be used as a bomb, a plane can't? So I don't know why she used that choice of words. I disagree with her.
You envisioned the scenario? Well, then you are already more qualified for the position than Dr. Rice.
But imagining a scenario and identifying that it's a real threat, it's in planning, and identifying when/where/how and a plan to counteract it. Didn't happen.
The article you posted states: "Rice called reporters to her West Wing office and said that on July 5, 2001 -- two months before the terrorist attacks -- she personally ordered Clarke to alert domestic agencies that they needed to be on alert for the possibility of a terror strike." If she thought there was a threat of a domestic strike, what exactly did she envision? What planning did she try to implement? Did she go to the FBI to see what they had? Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds has discussed documents that talked of hijackers already in the country and plotting to use airplanes as missiles.
There is an obvious discrepancy here. Should we simply write off any investigation as partisan politics and not try to learn anything that may help prevent such attacks in the future?
Look, for you or anyone else to say - with a straight face - that an administration in place for 7.5 months (with abbreviated transition time thanks to Al Gore and the Congress delaying confirmation of deputies) should face the same level of blame as an administration in office for 8 years and attacked by Al Qaeda 5 or 6 times.
So there is no sharing of information among the elected elite? Each administration has to start from scratch when it comes to gathering intelligence? Do agencies like the CIA and FBI throw out their records each election cyle and start over?
Take your nonsense and your insults of Dr. Rice elsewhere.
Oh, I see. Critical remarks are considered "nonsense" and "insults." Forgive me if I don't share your stong faith in government.
No. Nonsense and insults are considered nonsense and insults. Like claiming Dr. Rice isn't qualified for her job. After something that silly, the rest of what you post is just background noise.